Bullhorn and Bullfighting Injuries
I came across a study held by the European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, on the injuries sustained by people who have been in a bullfight. The investigation was carried out to "present (our) hospital experience with bullhorn injuries" ( García-Marín et al, 2014). It is relatively recent, so I believe this information will be beneficial in understanding to extent of bullfighting injuries to people and therefore understand the danger of the sport in more depth. They used " A retrospective analysis of patients in our Trauma Registry (1993–2012)" ( García-Marín et al, 2014) , meaning the records should be reliable and detailed. They are also from a broad time period, which will give more evidence. They also explain that there were "15 patients included", ( García-Marín et al, 2014), explaining the injuries they suffered: The Injury Severity Score (ISS) and New Injury Severity Score were 13.6 ± 6 and 15.9 ± 9, respectively. Seven had an ...