Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
At least 9 children are being treated for gunshot wounds following a mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl victory rally near Union Station. Children’s Mercy said it is treating 12 ...
A gunshot wound to the left thigh showing entry and exit wound of a 3 year old girl. ... Yet about 10% of injured children are treated at pediatric trauma centers ...
A gunshot wound (GSW) is a penetrating injury caused by a projectile (e.g. a bullet) shot from a gun (typically a firearm). [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Damage may include bleeding , bone fractures , organ damage, wound infection , and loss of the ability to move part of the body . [ 2 ]
Children’s Mercy Hospital treated 12 patients. Eleven of those patients are children ages 6 to 15. Nine of those patients had gunshot wounds and all are expected to recover, the hospital said.
Children’s Mercy said everyone they treated, including 9 children who had been shot, should make a full recovery. ... eight with gunshot wounds and four with other injuries.
Falls and sports are also frequent mechanisms of abdominal injury in children. [4] Abdominal injury may result from child abuse and is the second leading cause of child abuse-related death, after traumatic brain injury. [6] Gunshot wounds, which are higher energy than stab wounds, are usually more damaging than the latter. [10]
A Texas bill would provide training for elementary school children on how to tie tourniquets or pack bleeding wounds during mass-casualty incidents.
She explained that there are two main categories of trauma: blunt and penetrating. Blunt trauma is like a beating, a fall. Penetrating is a gun or stab wound. “Unfortunately we get a lot of penetrating traumas,” she said. Temple sees 2,500 to 3,000 traumas per year, around 450 of which were gunshot wounds in 2016.