Clustered arrivals of firearm-injured patients in an urban trauma system: a silent epidemic - Beard JH, Resnick S, Maher Z, Seamon MJ, Morrison CN, Sims CA, Smith RN, Sjoholm LO, Goldberg AJ.

BACKGROUND: Recent attention has been paid to the role trauma centers play in responding to mass shootings. Although high-profile public events are the primary focus of media and policy makers, firearm-injured patients (FIPs) present in clusters to urban t...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news