Clinical trauma severity of indoor and outdoor injurious falls requiring emergency medical service response

• Main Authors: Kathryn G. Burford (Author), Nicole G. Itzkowitz (Author), Remle P. Crowe (Author), Henry E. Wang (Author), Alexander X. Lo (Author), Andrew G. Rundle (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Injurious falls represent a significant public health burden. Research and policies have primarily focused on falls occurring indoors despite evidence that outdoor falls account for 47-58% of all falls requiring some medical attention. This study described the clinical trauma sev...