Managing traumatic brain injury secondary to explosions

Explosions and bombings are the most common deliberate cause of disasters with large numbers of casualties. Despite this fact, disaster medical response training has traditionally focused on the management of injuries following natural disasters and terrorist attacks with biological, chemical, and n...

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Autores principales: Burgess, Paula, E Sullivent, Ernest, M Sasser, Scott, M Wald, Marlena, Ossmann, Eric, Kapil, Vikas
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Practice Primers
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2884448/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20606794
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.62120
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author Burgess, Paula
E Sullivent, Ernest
M Sasser, Scott
M Wald, Marlena
Ossmann, Eric
Kapil, Vikas
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description Explosions and bombings are the most common deliberate cause of disasters with large numbers of casualties. Despite this fact, disaster medical response training has traditionally focused on the management of injuries following natural disasters and terrorist attacks with biological, chemical, and nuclear agents. The following article is a clinical primer for physicians regarding traumatic brain injury (TBI) caused by explosions and bombings. The history, physics, and treatment of TBI are outlined.
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spelling pubmed-28844482010-07-02 Managing traumatic brain injury secondary to explosions Burgess, Paula E Sullivent, Ernest M Sasser, Scott M Wald, Marlena Ossmann, Eric Kapil, Vikas J Emerg Trauma Shock Practice Primers Explosions and bombings are the most common deliberate cause of disasters with large numbers of casualties. Despite this fact, disaster medical response training has traditionally focused on the management of injuries following natural disasters and terrorist attacks with biological, chemical, and nuclear agents. The following article is a clinical primer for physicians regarding traumatic brain injury (TBI) caused by explosions and bombings. The history, physics, and treatment of TBI are outlined. Medknow Publications 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC2884448/ /pubmed/20606794 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.62120 Text en © Journal of Emergencies Trauma and Shock http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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