Fatal Wounding Pattern and Causes of Potentially Preventable Death Following the Pulse Night Club Shooting Event

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 662-668

  Smith, E Reed ^a   Shapiro, Geoff ^a   Sarani, Babak ^a  

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

Author keywords

active shooter; death; mass casualty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOPSY; DEATH; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS DISASTER; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME TO TREATMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOPSY; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 85046042289     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903127.2018.1459980     Document Type: Article

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