Trauma Care, Vol. 4, Pages 120-147: Legal Interpretations of Trauma: The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and Gender-Based Asylum Claims Trauma Care doi: 10.3390/traumacare4020011 Authors: Connie Oxford This article is based on exploratory research on how the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals uses the language of trauma in gender-based asylum claims. Gender-based asylum claims include female genital mutilation (FGM), coercive population control (CPC) in the form of forced abortions and forced sterilizations, rape, forced marriage, and domestic violence. The Circuit Courts have reviewed appeals from p ..read more

Trauma Care, Vol. 4, Pages 107-119: The Role of Language Barriers on Hospital Outcomes in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Patients following Trauma Admission Trauma Care doi: 10.3390/traumacare4020010 Authors: Khang Duy Ricky Le Kelvin Le Abdullah Shahzad Su Jin Lee (1) Background: Patients who experience acute traumatic injury requiring hospitalisation represent a vulnerable population. The trauma patient often experiences multi-system injuries and complex physiology. Additionally, there are complex socio-ecological issues that impact the care and outcomes of trauma patients. Of interes ..read more

Trauma Care, Vol. 4, Pages 98-106: Single-Dose First-Generation Cephalosporin for Extremity Gunshot Wounds Offers Sufficient Infection Prophylaxis Trauma Care doi: 10.3390/traumacare4020009 Authors: Shefali R. Bijwadia Ilexa R. Flagstad Margaret A. Sinkler Samuel T. Davidson Sandy Vang Heather A. Vallier Mai P. Nguyen Antibiotic prophylaxis for extremity gunshot wounds (GSWs) is highly variable. The objective of the present study is to quantify the adherence rate to a protocol for single-dose cephalosporin prophylaxis for extremity GSWs and the impacts on post-injury infection rates. We review ..read more

Trauma Care, Vol. 4, Pages 75-86: Pilot Study of a Resiliency Based and Trauma Informed Intervention for Veterans Trauma Care doi: 10.3390/traumacare4010007 Authors: Kelly Baek Kimberly R. Freeman Sophia Truong Christi Bell Susanne B. Montgomery Over 50% of the 21 million veterans in the U.S. with behavioral health challenges are not having their needs met due to stigma and other barriers to care. Resiliency-based models focused on strengthening protective factors to help individuals adapt to adversity in community-based settings, that can be delivered by trained lay persons, are emerging appr ..read more

Trauma Care, Vol. 4, Pages 60-74: A Mixed-Methods Exploration of Legal Vulnerability, Trauma, and Psychological Wellbeing in Immigrant Caregivers and Youth Trauma Care doi: 10.3390/traumacare4010006 Authors: Regina Roberg Tamara Camargo Amy K. Marks (1) Background: Immigrant families in the U.S. face a myriad of migration-related stressors and trauma, and legal vulnerability can further compound such stressors, influencing both immigrant caregiver and child wellbeing. This study explored the relationships between legal vulnerability, trauma, and migration and their effects on caregiving, psych ..read more

Trauma Care, Vol. 4, Pages 31-43: Machine Learning in Neuroimaging of Traumatic Brain Injury: Current Landscape, Research Gaps, and Future Directions Trauma Care doi: 10.3390/traumacare4010004 Authors: Kevin Pierre Jordan Turetsky Abheek Raviprasad Seyedeh Mehrsa Sadat Razavi Michael Mathelier Anjali Patel Brandon Lucke-Wold In this narrative review, we explore the evolving role of machine learning (ML) in the diagnosis, prognosis, and clinical management of traumatic brain injury (TBI). The increasing prevalence of TBI necessitates advanced techniques for timely and accurate diagnosis, and ML ..read more

Trauma Care, Vol. 4, Pages 10-21: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Blast Exposure in Active-Duty Military Service Members Trauma Care doi: 10.3390/traumacare4010002 Authors: Angela Sekely Hinza B. Malik Kayla B. Miller Yishi Wang Antonio E. Puente Objective: Active-duty military personnel in the current wars have experienced unique stressors that deviate from standard PTSD assessment and diagnosis. This situation calls for a refinement of military-related PTSD assessment. To this end, this study assessed the utility of the Trauma Symptom Inventory (TSI) in diagnosing PTSD among active-duty m ..read more

Trauma Care, Vol. 4, Pages 1-9: A Comparative Gender Analysis of Injury Characteristics, Treatments and Outcomes among Persons Seeking Emergency Care in Kigali, Rwanda Trauma Care doi: 10.3390/traumacare4010001 Authors: Lise Mumporeze Chantal Uwamahoro Doris Uwamahoro Aly Beeman Destry Jensen Oliver Young Tang Enyonam Odoom Spandana Jarmale Stephanie C. Garbern Catalina González Marqués Andrew Stephen Adam R. Aluisio In high-income nations, gender has been associated with injury characteristics. This study evaluated injury epidemiology and care based on gender at the Centre Hospitalier Univers ..read more

Trauma Care, Vol. 3, Pages 352-361: Exploring the Increased Risk of Post-Traumatic Stress Following a Sexual Assault: Implications for Individuals Who Identify as a Sexual Minority Trauma Care doi: 10.3390/traumacare3040029 Authors: Jodie Murphy-Oikonen Jo-Ann Vis Rachel Egan Decades of research have enhanced our understanding of the psychological impact of sexual victimization, including risk factors through which post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) manifests. Research on sexual assault and PTSD predominately reflects the experience of heterosexual women, yet sexual minorities are both at i ..read more

Trauma Care, Vol. 3, Pages 308-320: Assessing Risk Factors for Victims of Violence in a Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program Trauma Care doi: 10.3390/traumacare3040026 Authors: Gaylene Armstrong Taylor Gonzales Michael R. Visenio Ashley A. Farrens Hannah Nelson Charity H. Evans Jennifer Burt Zachary M. Bauman Mark Foxall Ashley A. Raposo-Hadley Introduction: Personal, behavioral, and environmental risk factors are correlated to varying degrees with each other and with the overall likelihood of violent reinjury. When used with fidelity, risk assessment instruments, including the violenc ..read more