Citation

Kaufmann MC. Ann. Emerg. Med. 1997; 30(2): 199-203.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, American College of Emergency Physicians, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9250645

Abstract

Treating victims of violence is a routine part of emergency medicine. The predictable physiologic and cognitive sequelae of violent trauma are discussed, with a general timeline of their emergence. Strategies for the psychologic support in the ED of victims of violence are described.