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<Articles JournalTitle="Archives of Anesthesiology and Critical Care">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Archives of Anesthesiology and Critical Care</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2423-5849</Issn>
      <Volume>0</Volume>
      <Issue>0</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2026</Year>
        <Month>01</Month>
        <Day>06</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Soldier Suicide with a Firearm: A Case Report with an Approach to Hemorrhagic Shock Control in the Emergency Department</title>
    <FirstPage>1493</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>1493</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Hojat</FirstName>
        <LastName>Rastegari Najafabadi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Emergency Medicine, Khatami Al-Anbia Hospital, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Aliakbar</FirstName>
        <LastName>Keykha</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Community Nursing Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.  &amp; Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2025</Year>
        <Month>11</Month>
        <Day>16</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2025</Year>
        <Month>11</Month>
        <Day>29</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Military personnel face a heightened risk of suicide due to firearm accessibility. Bullet impacts can cause significant tissue damage and bleeding, which varies depending on the affected area. This report details a case of a 20-year-old Iranian Baluch soldier who was admitted to the emergency room with hemorrhagic shock after suicide with a firearm. The bullet damaged his mandible, tongue, and maxilla, exited from his forehead, and damaged his nose. In hemorrhagic shock, prioritize blood products over isotonic fluids; consider norepinephrine if hemodynamics remain unstable.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://aacc.tums.ac.ir/index.php/aacc/article/view/1493</web_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
