Abstract:Purpose: Treatment and prevention strategies regarding people who jump from medium height bridges over water could be optimized by an improved understanding of patient demographics and injury spectra. Currently, little is known about this EMS patient population. We sought to describe the demographics and injuries sustained by those who jumped or fell from medium height bridges.Methods: We searched the River Rescue and EMS reports of a medium size city for the ten year period 1986–1995 to identify cases involvi… Show more
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