Pre-hospital management of mass casualty civilian shootings: a systematic literature review

Turner, Conor D. A.; Lockey, David J.; Rehn, Marius

doi:10.1186/s13054-016-1543-7

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Table 2 Quality appraisal of primary sources using predefined checklist

From: Pre-hospital management of mass casualty civilian shootings: a systematic literature review

Civilian Mass Shooting	Fair Child base	Dunblane School	Columbine School	West Nickles Mines	Virginia Tech		Mumbai	Fort Hood Base 1	Cumbria	Utoya Island		Tuscon	Dark Knight Cinema			Minneapolis Work Place	Westgate Shopping Centre	Columbia Mall	Fort Hood Base 2	Charlie Hebdo	Paris attacks
Author	Beyersdorf et al.	Cullen et al.	Mell et al.	Ressel et al.	Kaplowitz et al.	Timothy et al.	Roy et al.	Wild et al.	Chesterman et al.	Sollid et al.	Waage et al.	Barr et al.	Lindique et al.	Johnson et al.	Koehler et al.	Autrey et al.	Wachira et al.	Levy et al.	Strommen et al.	Tourtier et al.	Hirsch et al.	Phillipe et al.	Lawrence et al.
Year of shooting	1994	1996	1999	2006	2007	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2011	2011	2012	2012	2012	2012	2013	2014	2014	2015	2015	2015	2015
1. Number of studies describing the incidents?	1	1	1	1	2		1	1	1	2		1	3			1	1	1	1	1	3
2. Literature indexed?	✔	✕	✔	✔	✔	✕	✔	✔	✕	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
3. Authors involved in medical response?	?	✔	?	?	?	?	?	?	✔	✔	✔	?	✔	✔	?	?	✔	✔	?	?	✔	?	?
4. Reference to data sources provided?	✔	✔	✔	✕	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✕	✕	✕	✕	✔	✔	✕	✕	✕	✔	✕	✕
5. Conflict of interests depicted?	✕	✔	✕	✕	✕	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✕	✕	✕	✕	✔	✔	✔	✔	✕	✔	✕	✕
6. Ethical approval provided?	✕	✔	✕	✕	✕	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✕	✕	✕	✕	✔	✔	✕	✔	✕	✕	✕	✕
7. EMS structure described?	✕	✔	✔	✕	✕	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✕	✕	✕	✔	✕	✔	✕	✕	✕	✔	✔	✕
8. Incident clearly described?	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✕	✕	✕	✔	✔	✔	✕	✔	✔	✔	✔	✕
9. Indications of missing data?	✕	✕	✕	✕	✕	✕	✔	✕	✕	✔	✕	✕	✕	✕	✕	✕	✕	✕	✕	✕	✕	✕	✕
10. Other limitations discussed?	✕	✕	✕	✕	✕	✕	✔	✕	✕	✔	✕	✕	✕	✕	✕	✔	✔	✕	✕	✕	✕	✕	✕
11. Study design clearly described?	✔	✔	✔	✕	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✕	✕	✕	✕	✔	✔	✔	✔	✕	✔	✕	✕

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