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Managing ED care during civil unrest

Emergency department medical care during civil unrest: a narrative review
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine · Added 27 July 2026

Emergency clinicians should be familiar with the distinct injury profiles associated with crowd-control weapons and be prepared to manage them within the emergency care setting.

Study type

Systematic review

Design

Narrative review of crowd-control weapon injuries and ED management

Participants

Not reported

Main finding

Reviews agent-specific injuries: conducted energy devices (low cardiac risk, no routine monitoring for alert asymptomatic patients), riot control agents (self-limiting, decontamination-focused care), kinetic impact projectiles (highest permanent disability burden, especially ocular), plus acoustic, water cannon and incendiary injuries; emphasises surge planning and mechanism-guided assessment.

Caveat

Narrative review without systematic methodology.

Bottom line

Context only

Learning goal

Understand how mechanism-guided assessment of crowd-control weapon injuries shapes my prehospital care and surge readiness.

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• Topic: Operations & systems
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