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Year: 2020
Articles in SafetyLit: 30

A comparison of injury severity score and disposition between pediatric and adult patients transported to a rural trauma center via helicopter

A handoff protocol for pediatric trauma patients at a rural level one trauma center reduces length of stay

A nationwide study of intimate partner violence

Advanced age as a risk factor in lawn mower rollover injuries

Blunt tension pneumomediastinum after attempted jumping suicide

Degloving penile and scrotal injury from a posthole auger

Does level of blood alcohol content affect clinical outcomes after trauma in older adult patients?

Early comfort care following operative intervention for traumatic injury

Epidemiology and management of pediatric head and neck burns: an institutional review

Epidemiology, management, and outcomes of accidental hypothermia: a multicenter study of regional care

Facial fractures after geriatric ground-level falls are a marker of functional decline and warrant trauma center admission

Food insecurity predicts urban gun violence

Gunshot injuries in American trauma centers: analysis of the lethality of multiple gunshot wounds

Helicopter transport of trauma patients improves survival irrespective of transport time

Hospital-based injury and violence prevention: defining the role of injury prevention professionals at trauma centers in the United States

Intensive care unit bed utilization and head injury burden in a resource-poor setting

Laser tattoo removal: a new tool for hospital-based violence prevention?

Long-term analysis of functional outcomes in traumatic brain injury patients

New York State and the nation: trends in firearm purchases and firearm violence during the CoViD-19 pandemic

Noncontiguous spine injury: is the risk increased in low-energy falls?

Race impacts outcomes of patients with firearm injuries

Racial disparities at mixed-race and minority hospitals: treatment of African American males with high-grade splenic injuries

Rapid detection of significant traumatic brain injury requiring emergency intervention

Right patient, right place, right time: field triage and transfer to Level I trauma centers

Severe pelvic fracture in the elderly: high morbidity, mortality, and resource utilization

The effects of the CoViD-19 pandemic on trauma presentations in a level one trauma center

The impact of anticoagulation on trauma outcomes: an National Trauma Data Bank study

Traumatic brain injury in the elderly: can we reduce readmissions? A community hospital experience

Traumatic decompression of the jejunum: a case of small bowel perforation from high-speed motor vehicle crash

Zero preventable deaths by 2020: analysis of prehospital and emergency department deaths following penetrating trauma stratified by anatomic location