Disaster Medicine: Conventional Terrorist Bombings

Abstract

The incidence of terrorism is increasing throughout the world. Bombing is a common form of terrorism that frequently results in multiple victims who are injured or killed. Survivors of terrorist bombings that arrive at civilian emergency departments have injuries that are different from other forms of trauma. The medical personnel treating these victims often have only limited knowledge of blast physics, mechanisms and determinants or injury, and the epidemiology of bombing injuries. This paper will review these issues and make recommendations for the medical management of bombing victims.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 26, 2001
Accession Number
ADA391827

Entities

People

  • Daniel J. Dire

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Debridement
  • Ear
  • Health Services
  • Injury Prevention
  • Medical Personnel
  • Thoracic Injuries
  • Wounds And Injuries

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
  • Trauma or Military Medicine