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Medical professionals with appropriate expertise are limited in resource-constrained environments. Incorporating artificial intelligence models to aid the interpretation can reduce the skill gap, enabling identification of shrapnel, and its proximity to important anatomical features for improved medical treatment. Here, we apply a deep learning object detection framework, YOLOv3, for shrapnel detection in various sizes and locations with respect to a neurovascular bundle. Ultrasound images were collected in a tissue phantom containing shrapnel, vein, artery, and nerve features. The YOLOv3 framework, classifies the object types and identifies the location. In the testing dataset, the model was successful at identifying each object class, with a mean Intersection over Union and average precision of 0.73 and 0.94, respectively. Furthermore, a triage tool was developed to quantify shrapnel distance from neurovascular features that could notify the end user when a proximity threshold is surpassed, and, thus, may warrant evacuation or surgical intervention. 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