Acute cardiac tamponade secondary to nonpenetrating injury from gunshot with beanbag round: A case report and literature review. (December 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Schalet, Grant; Davis, Brooke; Gomez, Mario; Dickhudt, Timothy; Puente, Ivan
• Is Part Of: Trauma case reports. Volume 42(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-12
• Subjects: Cardiac tamponade -- Blunt cardiac trauma -- Beanbag round -- Less-lethal munitions -- Trauma; Wounds and injuries -- Periodicals; Traumatology -- Periodicals; 617.1005
• DOI: 10.1016/j.tcr.2022.100733
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2352-6440

Abstract

Abstract: Over the past twenty years, "less-lethal" munitions have caused a variety of significant, life-threatening injuries. However, evidence of blunt cardiac injury due to these weapons is sparse. A healthy 44-year old man presented with hemodynamic instability due to cardiac tamponade after he was shot with a beanbag, ultimately requiring operative intervention. This case report describes a unique clinical presentation of blunt cardiac injury and the diagnostic and therapeutic steps that the trauma surgery team took to appropriately manage this rare injury.