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Firearm-related deaths and injuries have increased in recent years. Comprehensive and timely information on firearm injuries and the communities and geographic locations most affected by firearm violence is crucial for guiding prevention activities. However, traditional surveillance systems for firearm injury, which are mostly based on hospital encounters and mortality-related data, often lack information on the location where the shooting occurred.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFQuantifying Pediatric Gun Violence by Location, Time of Day, and Day of Week.
J Pediatr Surg
May 2024
Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address:
Background: Firearm injuries are the leading cause of pediatric deaths. The objective of this study was to describe the location and timing of pediatric firearm injuries and to determine the proportion of these injuries that occur within schools in the United States.
Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, we used national emergency medical services (EMS) data from 2019 to evaluate dispatches to firearm injuries involving school-aged children (age 5-18).
The Field's mass shooting: emergency medical services response.
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med
November 2023
Copenhagen Emergency Medical Services, Ballerup, Denmark.
Background: Major incidents (MI) happen infrequently in Scandinavia and mass shootings are even less frequently occurring. Case reports and research are called for, as literature is scarce. On 3rd July 2022, a mass shooting took place at the shopping mall Field's in Copenhagen, Denmark.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrehospital transportation of severe penetrating trauma victims in Sweden during the past decade: a police business?
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med
September 2023
Experimental Traumatology Unit, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Introduction: Sweden is facing a surge of gun violence that mandates optimized prehospital transport approaches, and a survey of current practice is fundamental for such optimization. Management of severe, penetrating trauma is time sensitive, and there may be a survival benefit in limiting prehospital interventions. An important aspect is unregulated transportation by police or private vehicles to the hospital, which may decrease time but may also be associated with adverse outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAthlete External Load Measures Across a Competitive Season in High School Basketball.
J Strength Cond Res
November 2023
Patriot Performance Laboratory, Frank Pettrone Center for Sports Performance, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia.
Askow, AT, Jennings, W, Jagim, AR, Fields, JB, Beaudoin, RG, Sanchez, GM, Weeks, JE, Oliver, JM, and Jones, MT. Athlete external load measures across a competitive season in high school basketball. J Strength Cond Res 37(11): 2206-2212, 2023-The purpose of this retrospective analysis was to quantify in-season external load and to determine if relationships existed between load metrics and basketball performance.
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