Sentences with phrase «of gunshot injuries»

«The collaboration among the five regions in the Western Emergency Services Translational Research Network enabled us to amass a large enough sample size to assess the physical and financial impact of gunshot injuries in children so that more effective injury prevention efforts can be developed.»

«Policies designed to reduce the number of household firearms, especially handguns, may more effectively reduce the number of gunshot injuries in children,» said Dr. Madenci.

«At the end of the encounter, one of the suspects was gunned down while others numbering about seven escaped with various degrees of gunshot injuries.

Males were nine times more likely than females to be victims of gunshot injuries, and men ages 20 to 24 were at the highest risk, the study found.

Not exact matches

From the Mecklenburg County Medical Examiner's autopsy of Ferrell: Postmortem examination reveals a well - developed, muscular young adult black male with a total of ten gunshot wound injuries of the body.

Postmortem examination reveals a well - developed, muscular young adult black male with a total of ten gunshot wound injuries of the body.

Out of the critical cases, N500, 000 was paid for a cancer patient, N300, 000 for an orthopaedic case, N200, 000 each for a policeman with gunshot injury, and N60, 000 for a man with renal problem.

Following Monday's attack on troops of the 113 Battalion of the Nigerian Army in Borno, which were successfully repelled, military sources have disclosed that over 30 Boko Haram terrorists were killed while scores escaped with gunshot injuries.

Consequently, the military confirmed that 2 officers and 22 soldiers sustained various degrees of injuries from gunshots as well as IEDS attacks.

«Another member of the gang, Ibrahim TOPA sustained gunshot injury in his left leg while he was trying to escape.

While some PDP members, who resisted the hoodlums, sustained varying degrees of injuries, two people had gunshot wounds.»

Following proactive security measures, the Police in the federal capital City have smashed a 12 man robbery gang who have been terrorizing housing estates in the FCT and inflicting serious gunshot injuries on innocent residents of the city.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports Okon as disclosing that two men of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) and seven other persons sustained injuries from gunshots and explosions in the attack.

He said suspected militants engaged the troops in a gun duel, leading to casualties on the side of the militants, while others escaped with gunshot injuries.

Two Boko Haram terrorists have been killed and several escaped with gunshot injuries as Nigerian soldiers fighting the war of terror continued the flushing out of remnants of the terrorists in North East.

«Sadly, Two (2) of our men sustained gunshot injuries and are currently responding to treatment in the hospital while the other members of the gang escaped with bullet wounds.

The Nigerian Army said Sunday that its troops prosecuting the war against Boko Haram terrorists» killed seven terrorists in an ambush in the early hours while several of them escaped with gunshot injuries.

The leader of the marine team, an ASP, reportedly sustained gunshot injuries and was rushed to an undisclosed hospital in the state for treatment.

It was gathered that attempts made by the armed robbers to escape after noticing the superior fire power of the policemen proved futile as three of them were gunned down while the fourth sustained gunshot injuries.

Along with mentor and collaborator Howard Harcke, an active - duty colonel who is the chief of forensic radiology at AFIP, Tops is investigating the use of a specialized computed tomography scan to document gunshot injuries.

All of the patients had penetrating brain injuries, 93 percent of them from gunshot wounds.

The findings, described in an article published in the October issue of Annals of Surgery, offer confirmation and some insight, researchers say, for the fact that a patient's race and insurance status persistently make a difference in survival chances after a car crash, a gunshot wound or some other life - threatening injury treated in an emergency room.

«Hold the phone: An ambulance might lower your chances of surviving some injuries: Gunshot and stabbing victims more likely to die if transported to the trauma center by ambulance.»

In an abstract presented Oct. 27 at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference and Exhibition in Orlando, researchers also identified a link between the percentage of homes with guns and the prevalence of child gunshot injuries.

Gunshot injuries are a leading cause of death and injury in children and adolescents in the United States; they rank second only to motor vehicle crashes as a cause of death for children ages 15 to 19

«While children with gunshot wounds made up only 1 percent of the sample, they accounted for more than 20 percent of deaths following injury and a disproportionate share of hospital costs,» said Nathan Kuppermann, M.D., M.P.H., professor and chair of emergency medicine at the UC Davis Medical Center and co-author of the study.

The research team looked at the number of injuries, severity of injury, type of hospital interventions, patient deaths and costs - per - patient in children with gunshot injuries compared with children whose injuries resulted from other mechanisms, including stabbing, being hit by a motor vehicle, struck by blunt object, falls, motor vehicle crashes and others.

They found that compared with children who had other mechanisms of injury, children injured by gunshot had the highest proportion of serious injuries (23 percent), major surgery (32 percent), in - hospital deaths (8 percent) and per - patient costs ($ 28K per patient).

This study is one of few to include the much broader number of children affected by gunshot injuries and served by 911 emergency services, both in - hospital and out - of - of hospital measures of injury severity, and children with gunshot injuries treated outside major trauma centers.

A research team led by Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and the University of California, Davis, reveals that childhood gunshot injuries, while uncommon, are more severe, require more major surgery, have greater mortality and higher per - patient costs than any other mechanism for childhood injury — particularly among adolescent males.

A man is seen with bloody injuries on a couple of occasions, once from an accidental gunshot.

Dogs and cats can sustain injuries to the brain when they are hit by a car, attacked and bitten around the head by a larger animal or shaken by a larger animal or when they fall from a height, receive a gunshot wound or suffer blunt force trauma of some kind.

Examples of hunting - related injuries include eye ulcers, punctures from running through brush, lacerations, and gunshot wounds.

TBI may be the result of a car accident, a gunshot, a fall, or a sports injury.

Many traumatic brain injuries happen in car crashes, bicycle or motorcycle accidents, falling incidents, contact sports, and as a result of violent crimes such as gunshots.

Motor vehicle accidents are the most common cause of traumatic brain injuries, followed by falling accidents, and gunshot wounds.

Most traumatic brain injuries are the result of a vehicle accident, gunshot wound, sports trauma, or child abuse.

Vehicle crashes are currently the leading cause of injury, followed by falls, acts of violence (primarily gunshot wounds), and sports / recreation activities.

-- Some 10 - 15 % of all brain injuries are the result of assaults or violent incidents such as gunshot wounds, child abuse or domestic violence.

Brain injuries can occur from a variety of accidents and include everything from accidental gunshots to slip and falls.

The technician provided the hospital records of hundreds of patients treated for slip - and - fall accidents, car - crash injuries, gunshot wounds and other injuries, the FBI says.

Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are a type of acquired brain injury that are caused by an external event such as a car collision, bicycle collision, motorcycle collision, fall, gunshot wound or sports injury.

Pete Blair, a professor of criminal justice and director of the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training Center at Texas State University in San Marcos, said more information was needed to know if Peterson was genuinely confused about the source of the gunshots or simply trying to avoid injury.