Gunshot victims require much more blood and are more likely to die than other trauma patients

A study using Maryland data finds that gunshot victims are approximately five times more likely to require blood transfusions, they require 10 times more blood units and are 14 times more likely to die than people seriously injured by motor vehicles, non-gun assaults, falls or stabs.

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