[Newsbot]

Title: Murder rate drops as more survive gunshots, stabbings
Category: Law & Order
Posted By: Regina
Date: 2014-01-02 23:20:42
Canadian

[Canadian_Mind]

Comforting none the less.

[martin14]

Canadian_Mind Canadian_Mind:

Comforting none the less.

I'm not so sure about that, the article seems to point out the lower homicides are actually a result of better treatment,
rather than fewer people trying to kill each other.

$1:

Although homicides and most categories of violent crime declined toward historic lows, the two most serious categories of assault remained higher than they were 10 years ago. From 2002 to 2012, the homicide rate in Canada declined 16 per cent, while the aggravated assault rate rose 16 per cent, according to Statistics Canada.

The rate has gone down according to people dying, but not being attacked.

I don't know what comfort that brings.

[Freakinoldguy]

So you go from being the victim of a homicide to the victim of an assault because of medical science. That's definitely a good thing but, you're still a victim none the less.

I wonder if the advances of surgical medicine WRT gunshots wounds can be directly attributed to the influx of combat physicians and surgeons who have returned from armed conflicts over the past 25 years? Seems to me that they'd definitely have alot more expertise in dealing with gunshot wounds than your run of the mill ER physician, Detroit and South Central Los Angeles excluded.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:

So you go from being the victim of a homicide to the victim of an assault because of medical science. That's definitely a good thing but, you're still a victim none the less.

I wonder if the advances of surgical medicine WRT gunshots wounds can be directly attributed to the influx of combat physicians and surgeons who have returned from armed conflicts over the past 25 years? Seems to me that they'd definitely have alot more expertise in dealing with gunshot wounds than your run of the mill ER physician, Detroit and South Central Los Angeles excluded.

That makes sense. Lord knows that a lot of advancements in surgical techniques are brought about by military doctors in theatre.

[Canadian_Mind]

martin14 martin14:

Canadian_Mind Canadian_Mind:

Comforting none the less.

I'm not so sure about that, the article seems to point out the lower homicides are actually a result of better treatment,
rather than fewer people trying to kill each other.

$1:

Although homicides and most categories of violent crime declined toward historic lows, the two most serious categories of assault remained higher than they were 10 years ago. From 2002 to 2012, the homicide rate in Canada declined 16 per cent, while the aggravated assault rate rose 16 per cent, according to Statistics Canada.

The rate has gone down according to people dying, but not being attacked.

I don't know what comfort that brings.

Better alive than dead.

[QBall]

$1:

“They usually ‘scoop and go’ rather than ‘stay and play,’” she said.

Exactly.

[DrCaleb]

PublicAnimalNo9 PublicAnimalNo9:

Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:

So you go from being the victim of a homicide to the victim of an assault because of medical science. That's definitely a good thing but, you're still a victim none the less.

I wonder if the advances of surgical medicine WRT gunshots wounds can be directly attributed to the influx of combat physicians and surgeons who have returned from armed conflicts over the past 25 years? Seems to me that they'd definitely have alot more expertise in dealing with gunshot wounds than your run of the mill ER physician, Detroit and South Central Los Angeles excluded.

That makes sense. Lord knows that a lot of advancements in surgical techniques are brought about by military doctors in theatre.

I've read a few articles on this in recent days, and they say for certain that the war in Afghanistan and lessons learnt on the battlefield are a direct cause of better ER trauma care and survival rates.