INCIDENCE OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS AT A COUNTY HOSPITAL FOLLOWING THE LOS-ANGELES RIOT AND A GANG TRUCE

Authors
ORDOG GJ WASSERBERGER J IBANEZ J BISHOP M VELAYOS E BALASUBRAMANIUM S SHOEMAKER W
Citation
Gj. Ordog et al., INCIDENCE OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS AT A COUNTY HOSPITAL FOLLOWING THE LOS-ANGELES RIOT AND A GANG TRUCE, The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care, 34(6), 1993, pp. 779-781
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care → ACNP
Volume
34
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
779 - 781
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
An analysis of the number of gunshot wound victims seen at a Los Angel es County Hospital both before and after the Los Angeles riot of 1992 was undertaken. Since the riot, the gang truce between the ''Bloods'' and the ''Crips'' has resulted in a significant decrease in the number of gunshot wound victims seen at a level I trauma center in Los Angel es.