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Major Trauma – Injuries by Assault

Don't Forget the Bubbles

E.g. burns, neurosurgery, interventional radiology. Information should be shared, ideally with the young persons consent, with social care and any other agencies (nationwide or local) that may be able to support, e.g. independent domestic violence advocate, victim support, and sexual assault referral entre.

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2086 The value of emergency care data set (ECDS) presentation codes for predicting mortality and inpatient admission

Emergency Medicine Journal

BURN 478 0 35 7.3 0[0 , 32] STATES VICTIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT 8 0 0 0 0[0 , 32] TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION 7 0 4 57.1 TOOTHACHE) 574 0 107 18.6 0[0 , 0.66] INJURY OF LOWER BACK 573 1 76 13.3 0.031 , 0.98] POSTOPERATIVE/MEDICAL DEVICE WITH COMPLICATION 571 4 221 38.7 VAGINAL BLEEDING (ABNORMAL) 559 1 178 31.8 0.65 , 2.7] 5.2 , 9.9]

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ED care of refugee populations from sub-Saharan Africa

EMDocs

These patients suffer from untreated physical injuries, including gunshot wounds, shrapnel, accidents, envenomations, sequelae of physical or sexual assault, and heat exhaustion/heat stroke. Physical injuries and burns among refugees in Lebanon: implications for programs and policies. In: CDC Yellow Book 2024. Confl Health.