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    Investigation of firearm injury cases presented to training and research hospital’s emergency service
    (Turkish Association of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 2020) Meral, Orhan; Sa?lam, Caner; Güllüpınar, Birdal; Aktürk, Özlem Ezgi; Beden, Serdar; Parlak, İsmet
    BACKGROUND: Firearm injuries are criminal events that may cause severe morbidity and mortality and concerned with Emergency Medicine and Forensic Medicine. The present study aims to evaluate the wound characteristics of the cases who presented to emergency services due to firearm injuries. METHODS: In this study, 213 patients who were 18 years of age or older who applied to the Sağlık Bilimleri University Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital Emergency Service with gunshot injury were included. RESULTS: Of the 213 cases examined, 182 (85.4%) were male. The ages of the cases ranged from 18 to 78 years, and the mean age was found as 33.2±12.6. The most common months were April (n=28, 13.2%) and May (n=25, 11.6%). The findings showed that 194 (91.1%) of 213 patients were discharged after completing the treatment in the hospital, and 19 patients (8.9%) died despite all interventions. CONCLUSION: Our study presents an important cross-section of the gunshot injury patterns and their consequences in Turkey, but it contains regional data. In this regard, multicentre and multidisciplinary studies covering the country, in general, are considered to be a significant contribution to the literature.
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    The socio-demographic, clinical and forensic medical investigation of suicide attempts over 18 years old presented to a training and research hospital’s emergency department: Izmir example
    (Medicine Science (Medicine Science), 2020) Meral, Orhan; Öztürk, Tayfun; Bulut, Selin; Baykan, Onur; Parlak, İsmail
    Suicide and attempted suicide are among the causes of serious morbidity and mortality and are an important public health problem today. In this study, it was aimed to evaluate socio-demographic, clinical and forensic medical aspects of suicide attempters admitted to our hospital, to identify some risk factors. Thus, we emphasize the importance of suicide and drawing attention to taking measures to prevent suicides. The necessary permissions were obtained for the study. The records of 710 patients who applied to the Emergency Department of Izmir Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital between 01 January 2014 and 31 December 2015 were retrospectively reviewed. 54.9% of the patients were female and 45.1% were male. Their ages ranged from 18 to 87 years and the mean age was 32.13 ± 11.52 years. It was determined that they preferred to drink drugs most frequently (n = 665, 93.7%) and then die with firearm (n = 30, 4.2%). Four (0.6%) cases died after all interventions. There is much scientific research on suicide attempts. However, there is insufficient research on how to approach suicidal cases when emergency department workers encounter suicide attempts. In order to prevent suicide attempts and deaths which are a serious public health problem, we think that risk factors should be determined, and protective measures should be taken.