The profile of wounding in civilian public mass shooting fatalities

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 86-91

  Smith, Edward Reed ^a   Shapiro, Geoff ^b   Sarani, Babak ^b,c  

^a Arlington County Fire Department   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Active shooter; Mass casualty; TECC

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; AUTOPSY; CASE FATALITY RATE; CIVILIAN PUBLIC MASS SHOOTING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISASTER VICTIM; FACE INJURY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS DISASTER; NECK INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX INJURY; WOUND; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 84960193069     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000001031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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