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NURISTAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan - The Nuristan Provincial Reconstruction Team's medical branch 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-37 during celebratory fire at a local party.
The bullet entered the boy's chest and exited through his shoulder. He suffered 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 medical team stabilized the boy and evacuated him to a hospital in Asadabad for surgery.
| Date Taken: | 01.31.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 01.31.2010 05:56 |
| Story ID: | 44678 |
| Location: | NURISTAN PROVINCE, AF |
| Web Views: | 222 |
| Downloads: | 190 |
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