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‘We are seeing more stabbings, gunshot wounds, blunt force injuries and use of axes and batons’

Stephanie Jones-Berry @NurseNewsSteph Senior news reporter

An emergency department sister is behind a project to teach life-saving skills to young people who are most at risk of serious violence in London

Growing rates of youth violence mean many emergency department (ED) staff around the UK regularly witness the shocking legacy of knife injuries on children and teenagers.

Emergency Nurse. 27, 6, 10-11. doi: 10.7748/en.27.6.10.s8

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05 November 2019 / Vol 27 issue 6

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