Nuristan PRT Medical Team treats gunshot victim

Written by U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Natassia Cherne Saturday, 30 January 2010 04:59

NURISTAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – The Nuristan Provincial Reconstruction Team’s medical team treated a young boy who was accidentally shot at a wedding celebration in the village of Gundalabuk Jan. 19.

A 10 year old boy was rushed to Forward Operating Base Kalagush by his mother and uncle after being shot in the chest by an AK-47 during celebratory fire at a local wedding party.

The bullet entered the boy’s chest and exited through his shoulder causing a shoulder or upper arm fracture.

U.S. Navy Lt. Brian Ferguson, a Physician’s Assistant for the Nuristan PRT, and a native of Stevensville, Md., helped treat the young boy’s wound.

“The kid was lucky. The wound could have been a lot worse,” Ferguson said. “The bullet missed his lungs, all major arteries and exited through the left shoulder.”

The medical team treated the chest wound; splinted his shoulder, and provided antibiotics and pain medication.

The Nuristan PRT’s medical team was able to stabilize the boy and evacuate him to a hospital in Asadabad for surgery.

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