13 The NIS is a national US data set that represents a 20% sample of patients discharged from community hospitals in participating states,14 but its use in studying trauma has been limited because of a lack of recorded injury severity indexes. The ICD Programs for Injury Categorization (ICDPIC...
fireworks have been associated with various bodily injuries, permanent disabilities, and even death.1,2,3,4In 2013 alone, an estimated 11 400 firework-related injuries were treated in US hospitals, with 65% occurring