Emergency Room Admission of On-Duty Police at a Swiss University Hospital

Table 1

Police officers’ (𝑛=57) injury patterns.

Type of injury		Admitted	Outpatient
Blunt (𝑛=31)		7	24
Upper extremity, no.	14	2	12
Head-maxillofacial, no.	12	3	9
Lower extremity, no.	3	1	2
Chest, no.	2	1	1
Penetrating (𝑛=5)		1	4
Needlestick, no.	3	0	3
Gunshot wound, no.	1	1	0
Stab wound, no.	1	0	1
Others (𝑛=21)		1	20
Human bite, no.	7	1	6
Contact with blood/saliva, no.	6	0	6
Dog bite, no.	3	0	3
Human scratch, no.	2	0	2
Strangling, no.	1	0	1
Blast trauma, no.	1	0	1
Burn injury, no.	1	0	1
Total, no.	57	9	48