@article{ref1,
title="Trends of self-inflicted firearm injuries at a rural Level 1 trauma center",
journal="American surgeon",
year="2024",
author="Burns, Aliya G. and Rasarmos, Alex P. and Leonard, Matthew A. and Collins, Hannah W. and Burns, J. Bracken",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0003-1348",
doi="10.1177/00031348241241633",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00031348241241633"
}