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- Title
Trends of Self-Inflicted Firearm Injuries at a Rural Level 1 Trauma Center.
- Authors
Burns, Aliya G.; Rasarmos, Alex P.; Leonard, Matthew A.; Collins, Hannah W.; Burns, J. Bracken
- Abstract
Firearm injuries are a major public health concern with much focus on injuries due to violent crimes in urban areas. Less focus has been on self-inflicted injuries and rural settings. This study included 201 patients, of which 124 (61.7%) were accidental and 77 (38.3%) were intentional self-inflicted gunshot wounds (GSWs) sustained over 6 years at a rural level 1 trauma center. Injury severity scores (P <.001), hospital days (P <.001), and mortality (P <.001) were significantly higher among intentional self-inflicted GSWs. Injuries to the head were the most common injury among patients with intentional self-inflicted GSWs (P <.001). Accidental and intentional self-inflicted GSWs make up a large portion of firearm injuries seen at our rural level 1 trauma center, and defining these injuries can facilitate the need for targeted gun safety and injury prevention efforts.
- Subjects
TRAUMA centers; GUNSHOT wounds; HEAD injuries; VIOLENT crimes; PUBLIC health
- Publication
American Surgeon, 2024, Vol 90, Issue 8, p2083
- ISSN
0003-1348
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/00031348241241633