Gunshot Injuries in American Trauma Centers: Analysis of the Lethality of Multiple Gunshot Wounds.

Introduction: Trauma center care and survival have been improving over the past several years. However, yearly firearm-related deaths have remained near constant at 33 000. One challenge to decreasing gunshot mortality is patients presenting with complex injury patterns from multiple gunshot wounds (GSWs) made possible by high-caliber automated weapons.

Trends in Firearm Injuries Among Children and Teenagers in the United States.

Background: Gun violence among children and teenagers in the United States occurs at a magnitude many times that of other industrialized countries. The trends of injury in this age group relative to the adult population are not well studied. This study seeks to measure trends in pediatric firearm injuries in the United States.