TY - JOUR
T1 - Medical consequences of the New Mexico State penitentiary riot
AU - Price, Dennis
AU - Billowitz, Edgar
AU - Lieberman, Richard
AU - Fleming, Tim
AU - Dunn, Madelyn
AU - Sklar, David P.
PY - 1983/6
Y1 - 1983/6
N2 - On February 2, 1980, a riot broke out among the 1,157 inmates at the New Mexico State Penitentiary and 139 people were injured. Of these, 33 died. Survivors had a variety of problems resulting from blunt or penetrating trauma, acute intoxication with drugs, or smoke inhalation. Fourteen percent of the casualties arrived at local hospitals in serious or critical condition. A study of the injury patterns revealed a significant difference (P < .001) in the incidence of severe head trauma in those who had died compared to those who survived. Most of the seriously or critically ill survivors suffered from acute poisoning or from penetrating wounds.
AB - On February 2, 1980, a riot broke out among the 1,157 inmates at the New Mexico State Penitentiary and 139 people were injured. Of these, 33 died. Survivors had a variety of problems resulting from blunt or penetrating trauma, acute intoxication with drugs, or smoke inhalation. Fourteen percent of the casualties arrived at local hospitals in serious or critical condition. A study of the injury patterns revealed a significant difference (P < .001) in the incidence of severe head trauma in those who had died compared to those who survived. Most of the seriously or critically ill survivors suffered from acute poisoning or from penetrating wounds.
KW - emergency medical services, penitentiary riot
KW - prison, riot, emergency medical services
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U2 - 10.1016/S0196-0644(83)80466-1
DO - 10.1016/S0196-0644(83)80466-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 6859632
AN - SCOPUS:0020539391
SN - 0196-0644
VL - 12
SP - 361
EP - 363
JO - Annals of Emergency Medicine
JF - Annals of Emergency Medicine
IS - 6
ER -