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  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine
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  • Epidemiological studies on pediatric firearm mortality often overlook on-scene deaths.
  • Despite trauma care advancements, preventable pediatric firearm deaths remain a concern.
  • This study focuses on on-scene mortality to inform prehospital care improvements.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To characterize on-scene mortality patterns in pediatric firearm injuries.
  • To identify pediatric patients who could benefit from enhanced prehospital care.
  • To analyze factors influencing on-scene survival in pediatric firearm incidents.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the National Emergency Medical Services Information Systems database (2010-2015).
  • Analyzed pediatric firearm incidents, focusing on demographics, injury patterns, and on-scene mortality.
  • Employed statistical analyses including t-tests, chi-square tests, and linear regression.

Main Results:

  • Identified 16,808 pediatric firearm injury patients with a 6.1% on-scene mortality rate.
  • Cardiac arrest prior to Emergency Medical Services (EMS) arrival significantly increased mortality risk.
  • Compressible injuries had low mortality, while noncompressible injuries contributed significantly to deaths.

Conclusions:

  • This is the largest study to date on on-scene pediatric firearm injury mortality.
  • Pre-EMS arrival cardiac arrest is a major contributor to on-scene deaths.
  • Improving bystander education and on-scene interventions for noncompressible injuries may reduce mortality.