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Blast InjuriesExplosionsBombsMilitary MedicineWarExplosive AgentsAfghanistanMultiple TraumaHospitals, MilitaryMilitary PersonnelTympanic MembraneBrain InjuriesIraqLung InjuryWounds and InjuriesAthletic InjuriesSpinal Cord InjuriesSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesNaval MedicineShipsHistoryElectronic MailFood Dispensers, AutomaticEditorial PoliciesAuthorshipPeriodicals as TopicPostal ServiceInternetBiomedical EngineeringBaltimoreFacial TransplantationFuneral RitesReconstructive Surgical ProceduresFacial InjuriesEncyclopedias as TopicCompressed AirDecision MakingTerrorismFoxesBrainSurgery, VeterinaryIslamKineticsMicroscopy, ElectronFoot InjuriesSoccerRaptorsHawksPhysical FitnessVideo GamesAfghan Campaign 2001-VeteransSemicircular CanalsIraq War, 2003-2011Post-Concussion Syndrome
Blast Injuries
Injuries resulting when a person is struck by particles impelled with violent force from an explosion. Blast causes pulmonary concussion and hemorrhage, laceration of other thoracic and abdominal viscera, ruptured ear drums, and minor effects in the central nervous system. (From Dorland, 27th ed)
Explosions
Bombs
A weapon designed to explode when deployed. It frequently refers to a hollow case filled with EXPLOSIVE AGENTS.
Military Medicine
The practice of medicine as applied to special circumstances associated with military operations.
War
Hostile conflict between organized groups of people.
Explosive Agents
Substances that are energetically unstable and can produce a sudden expansion of the material, called an explosion, which is accompanied by heat, pressure and noise. Other things which have been described as explosive that are not included here are explosive action of laser heating, human performance, sudden epidemiological outbreaks, or fast cell growth.
Afghanistan
Multiple Trauma
Multiple physical insults or injuries occurring simultaneously.
Hospitals, Military
Hospitals which provide care for the military personnel and usually for their dependents.
Military Personnel
Persons including soldiers involved with the armed forces.
Tympanic Membrane
An oval semitransparent membrane separating the external EAR CANAL from the tympanic cavity (EAR, MIDDLE). It contains three layers: the skin of the external ear canal; the core of radially and circularly arranged collagen fibers; and the MUCOSA of the middle ear.
Brain Injuries
Acute and chronic (see also BRAIN INJURIES, CHRONIC) injuries to the brain, including the cerebral hemispheres, CEREBELLUM, and BRAIN STEM. Clinical manifestations depend on the nature of injury. Diffuse trauma to the brain is frequently associated with DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY or COMA, POST-TRAUMATIC. Localized injuries may be associated with NEUROBEHAVIORAL MANIFESTATIONS; HEMIPARESIS, or other focal neurologic deficits.
Iraq
Lung Injury
Damage to any compartment of the lung caused by physical, chemical, or biological agents which characteristically elicit inflammatory reaction. These inflammatory reactions can either be acute and dominated by NEUTROPHILS, or chronic and dominated by LYMPHOCYTES and MACROPHAGES.
Wounds and Injuries
Damage inflicted on the body as the direct or indirect result of an external force, with or without disruption of structural continuity.
Athletic Injuries
Injuries incurred during participation in competitive or non-competitive sports.
Spinal Cord Injuries
Penetrating and non-penetrating injuries to the spinal cord resulting from traumatic external forces (e.g., WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WHIPLASH INJURIES; etc.).
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
A self-governing state of the Windward Islands in the West Indies, comprising Saint Vincent and the northern islets of the Grenadines. Its capital is Kingstown. It is one of the original homes of the Carib Indians supposed to have been sighted by Columbus in 1498. It was in English hands from 1627 till held by the French 1779-83. Saint Vincent subsequently became a British possession and, with other nearby British territories, was administered by the Governor of the Windward Islands till 1959. It attained a measure of independence in 1969 but achieved full independence as Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 1979. Saint Vincent was the 4th century Spanish martyr on whose feast day Columbus discovered the island. Grenadines is derived from the Spanish kingdom of Granada. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1054 & The Europa World Year Book 1993, p2441)
Naval Medicine
The practice of medicine concerned with conditions affecting the health of individuals associated with the marine environment.
Ships
Large vessels propelled by power or sail used for transportation on rivers, seas, oceans, or other navigable waters. Boats are smaller vessels propelled by oars, paddles, sail, or power; they may or may not have a deck.
History
Electronic Mail
Messages between computer users via COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS. This feature duplicates most of the features of paper mail, such as forwarding, multiple copies, and attachments of images and other file types, but with a speed advantage. The term also refers to an individual message sent in this way.
Food Dispensers, Automatic
Mechanical food dispensing machines.
Editorial Policies
The guidelines and policy statements set forth by the editor(s) or editorial board of a publication.
Authorship
The profession of writing. Also the identity of the writer as the creator of a literary production.
Periodicals as Topic
A publication issued at stated, more or less regular, intervals.
Postal Service
The functions and activities carried out by the U.S. Postal Service, foreign postal services, and private postal services such as Federal Express.
Internet
A loose confederation of computer communication networks around the world. The networks that make up the Internet are connected through several backbone networks. The Internet grew out of the US Government ARPAnet project and was designed to facilitate information exchange.
Biomedical Engineering
Application of principles and practices of engineering science to biomedical research and health care.
Baltimore
Facial Transplantation
The transference between individuals of the entire face or major facial structures. In addition to the skin and cartilaginous tissue (CARTILAGE), it may include muscle and bone as well.
Funeral Rites
Those customs and ceremonies pertaining to the dead.
Reconstructive Surgical Procedures
Procedures used to reconstruct, restore, or improve defective, damaged, or missing structures.
Facial Injuries
General or unspecified injuries to the soft tissue or bony portions of the face.
Encyclopedias as Topic
Works containing information articles on subjects in every field of knowledge, usually arranged in alphabetical order, or a similar work limited to a special field or subject. (From The ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science, 1983)
Compressed Air
Air that is reduced in volume by pressure.
Decision Making
The process of making a selective intellectual judgment when presented with several complex alternatives consisting of several variables, and usually defining a course of action or an idea.
Terrorism
The use or threatened use of force or violence against persons or property in violation of criminal laws for purposes of intimidation, coercion, or ransom, in support of political or social objectives.
Foxes
Any of several carnivores in the family CANIDAE, that possess erect ears and long bushy tails and are smaller than WOLVES. They are classified in several genera and found on all continents except Antarctica.
Brain
The part of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that is contained within the skull (CRANIUM). Arising from the NEURAL TUBE, the embryonic brain is comprised of three major parts including PROSENCEPHALON (the forebrain); MESENCEPHALON (the midbrain); and RHOMBENCEPHALON (the hindbrain). The developed brain consists of CEREBRUM; CEREBELLUM; and other structures in the BRAIN STEM.
Surgery, Veterinary
A board-certified specialty of VETERINARY MEDICINE, requiring at least four years of special education, training, and practice of veterinary surgery after graduation from veterinary school. In the written, oral, and practical examinations candidates may choose either large or small animal surgery. (From AVMA Directory, 43d ed, p278)
Islam
A monotheistic religion promulgated by the Prophet Mohammed with Allah as the deity.
Kinetics
The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
Microscopy, Electron
Microscopy using an electron beam, instead of light, to visualize the sample, thereby allowing much greater magnification. The interactions of ELECTRONS with specimens are used to provide information about the fine structure of that specimen. In TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY the reactions of the electrons that are transmitted through the specimen are imaged. In SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY an electron beam falls at a non-normal angle on the specimen and the image is derived from the reactions occurring above the plane of the specimen.
Foot Injuries
General or unspecified injuries involving the foot.
Soccer
A game in which a round inflated ball is advanced by kicking or propelling with any part of the body except the hands or arms. The object of the game is to place the ball in opposite goals.
Raptors
BIRDS that hunt and kill other animals, especially higher vertebrates, for food. They include the FALCONIFORMES order, or diurnal birds of prey, comprised of EAGLES, falcons, HAWKS, and others, as well as the STRIGIFORMES order, or nocturnal birds of prey, which includes OWLS.
Hawks
Common name for many members of the FALCONIFORMES order, family Accipitridae, generally smaller than EAGLES, and containing short, rounded wings and a long tail.
Physical Fitness
The ability to carry out daily tasks and perform physical activities in a highly functional state, often as a result of physical conditioning.
Video Games
A form of interactive entertainment in which the player controls electronically generated images that appear on a video display screen. This includes video games played in the home on special machines or home computers, and those played in arcades.
Afghan Campaign 2001-
Multinational coalition military operation initiated in October 2001 to counter terrorism and bring security to AFGHANISTAN in collaboration with Afghan forces.
Veterans
Former members of the armed services.
Semicircular Canals
Three long canals (anterior, posterior, and lateral) of the bony labyrinth. They are set at right angles to each other and are situated posterosuperior to the vestibule of the bony labyrinth (VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH). The semicircular canals have five openings into the vestibule with one shared by the anterior and the posterior canals. Within the canals are the SEMICIRCULAR DUCTS.
Iraq War, 2003-2011
An armed intervention involving multi-national forces in the country of IRAQ.
Post-Concussion Syndrome
The organic and psychogenic disturbances observed after closed head injuries (HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED). Post-concussion syndrome includes subjective physical complaints (i.e. headache, dizziness), cognitive, emotional, and behavioral changes. These disturbances can be chronic, permanent, or late emerging.

Development of serial bio-shock tubes and their application. (1/205)

OBJECTIVE: To design and produce serial shock tubes and further examine their application to experimental studies on blast injury. METHODS: Bio-medical engineering technique was used for the design and development of the serial shock tubes. One thousand four hundred and fifty nine animals (757 rats, 105 guinea pigs, 335 rabbits, 240 dogs and 22 sheep) were then used to test the wounding effects of the shock tubes. RESULTS: Three types of bio-shock tubes, that is, large-, medium- and small-scale shock tubes were made in our laboratory. The large-scale shock tube is 39 meters long; the inner diameter of the test section is 1 meter; and the maximum overpressure in the driving section is 10.3 MPa. A negative pressure could be formed by means of the reflected rarefactive wave produced by the end plate. The medium-scale shock tube is 34.5 meters long; the maximum overpressure in the driving section is 22 MPa; the test section is designed to be a knockdown, showing 5 basic types with inner diameter of 77 to 600 millimeters, which could be used for researches on overpressure, explosive decompression, underwater explosion, and so on. The small-scale shock tube is 0.5 meter long with the maximum endured overpressure of 68.6 MPa. Results from animal experiments showed that this set of shock tubes could induce various degrees of systemic or local blast injury in large or small animals. CONCLUSIONS: This set of bio-shock tubes can approximately simulate typical explosive wave produced by nuclear or charge explosion, and inflict various degrees of blast injury characterized by stability and reproducibility. Therefore, they can meet the needs of blast research on large and small animals.  (+info)

Effect of type and transfer of conventional weapons on civilian injuries: retrospective analysis of prospective data from Red Cross hospitals. (2/205)

OBJECTIVE: To examine the link between different weapons used in modern wars and their potential to injury civilians. DESIGN: Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data about hospital admissions. SETTING: Hospitals of the International Committee of the Red Cross. SUBJECTS: 18 877 people wounded by bullets, fragmentation munitions, or mines. Of these, 2012 had been admitted to the hospital in Kabul within six hours of injury. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Age and sex of wounded people according to cause of injury and whether they were civilians (women and girls, boys under 16 years old, or men of 50 or more). RESULTS: 18.7% of those injured by bullets, 34.1% of those injured by fragments, and 30.8% of those injured by mines were civilians. Of those admitted to the Red Cross hospital in Kabul within six hours of injury, 39.1% of those injured by bullets, 60.6% of those injured by fragments, and 55.0% of those injured by mines were civilians. CONCLUSIONS: The proportion of civilians injured differs between weapon systems. The higher proportion injured by fragments and mines is explicable in terms of the military efficiency of weapons, the distance between user and victim, and the effect that the kind of weapon has on the psychology of the user.  (+info)

Circumstances around weapon injury in Cambodia after departure of a peacekeeping force: prospective cohort study. (3/205)

OBJECTIVE: To examine the circumstances surrounding weapon injury and combatant status of those injured by weapons. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: Northwestern Cambodia after departure of United Nations peacekeeping force. SUBJECTS: 863 people admitted to hospital for weapon injuries over 12 months. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Annual incidence of weapon injury by time period; proportions of injuries inflicted as a result of interfactional combat (combat injuries) and outside such combat (non-combat injuries) by combatant status and weapon type. RESULTS: The annual incidence of weapon injuries was higher than the rate observed before the peacekeeping operation. 30% of weapon injuries occurred in contexts other than interfactional combat. Most commonly these were firearm injuries inflicted intentionally on civilians. Civilians accounted for 71% of those with non-combat injuries, 42% of those with combat related injuries, and 51% of those with weapon injuries of either type. CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of weapon injuries remained high when the disarmament component of a peacekeeping operation achieved only limited success. Furthermore, injuries occurring outside the context of interfactional combat accounted for a substantial proportion of all weapon injuries, were experienced disproportionately by civilians, and were most likely to entail the intentional use of a firearm against a civilian.  (+info)

Prevention of skin and soft tissue entrapment in tibial segment transportation. (4/205)

We report of a ten year old patient with soft tissue damage and bone defect of the tibia as a sequel of osteomyelitis. After excision and stabilization with an Ilizarov fixateur segment transportation was started. In order to avoid skin and soft tissue entrapment in the docking region, we used a metal cage as a space provider, which was shortened as segment transportation progressed. To our knowledge this simple method has not been described so far.  (+info)

Mine blast injuries: ocular and social aspects. (5/205)

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Landmines have long been used in conventional warfare. These are antipersonnel mines which continue to injure people long after a ceasefire without differentiating between friend or foe, soldier or civilian, women or children. This study focuses on Afghan non-combatants engaged in mine clearing operations in Afghanistan in the aftermath of the Russo-Afghan war. The patterns and types of injuries seen are described and experiences in their management, ways, and means to prevent them, and recommendations for the rehabilitation of the affected individuals are given. METHODS: It is a retrospective and analytical study of 84 patients aged 19-56 years who sustained mine blast injuries during mine clearing operations in Afghanistan from November 1992 to January 1996. The study was carried out at a military hospital with tertiary care facilities. The patients were divided into three groups on the basis of their injuries. Group 1 required only general surgical attention, group 2 sustained only ocular injuries, while group 3 had combined ocular and general injuries. Patients in groups 2 and 3 were treated in two phases. The first phase aimed at immediate restoration of the anatomy, while restoration of function wherever possible was done in subsequent surgical procedures in the second phase. RESULTS: It was observed that 51 out of 84 patients (60.7%) had sustained ocular trauma of a variable degree as a result of the blasts. The mean age of the victims was 29 years and they were all male. A total of 91 eyes of 51 patients (89.2%) had been damaged. Bilaterality of damage was seen in 40 (78.4%) patients. Most, 34 (37.3%), eyes became totally blind (NPL). Only a few escaped with injury mild enough not to impair vision. Foreign bodies, small and multiple, were found in the majority of eyes; most, however, were found in the anterior segment, and posterior segment injuries were proportionally less. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of blindness caused by mine blast injuries is quite high. The resulting psychosocial trauma to the patients and their families is tremendous and has not been adequately highlighted. These injuries are a great drain on the country's resources. Enforcement of preventive measures and the use of protective gear and sophisticated equipment by the mine clearing personnel would prove to be far more economical in terms of human life as well as medical and economic resources. There is also need for greater attention towards the establishment of support groups and rehabilitation programmes for these individuals.  (+info)

Injuries from fireworks in the United States. (6/205)

Fireworks traditionally are used in the United States to celebrate Independence Day on July 4th. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) estimates that 8500 persons in the United States are treated in emergency departments each year for fireworks-related injuries (1). Of all fireworks-related injuries, 70%-75% occur during a 30-day period that surrounds the July 4th holiday (June 23-July 23) (2). Seven of every 100 persons injured by fireworks are hospitalized, approximately 40% of those injured are children aged < or = 14 years, and males are injured three times more often than females (1). The injury rate is highest among boys aged 10-14 years (3). Most commonly, injuries from fireworks affect the hands (34%), face (12%), and eyes (17%) (4). Injuries are more frequent and more severe among persons who are active participants than among bystanders (3).  (+info)

High rate of candidemia in patients sustaining injuries in a bomb blast at a marketplace: a possible environmental source. (7/205)

In this study, a cluster of candidemia among patients sustaining injuries in a bomb blast at a marketplace was investigated by means of a multivariate analysis, a case-control study, and quantitative air sampling. Candidemia occurred in 7 (30%) of 21 patients (58% of those admitted to the intensive care unit [ICU]) between 4 and 16 days (mean, 12 days) after the injury and was the single most frequent cause of bloodstream infections. Inhalation injury was the strongest predictor for candidemia by multivariate analysis. Candidemia among the case patients occurred at a significantly higher rate than among comparable trauma patients injured in different urban settings, including a pedestrian mall (2 of 29; P=. 02), and among contemporary ICU control patients (1 of 40; P=.001). Air sampling revealed exclusive detection of Candida species and increased mold concentration in the market in comparison with the mall environment. These findings suggest a role for an exogenous, environmental source in the development of candidemia in some trauma patients.  (+info)

Effect of epidermal growth factor and dexamethasone on explosive deafness. (8/205)

OBJECTIVE: To study the expression of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) on cochlear hair cells of normal and explosion-stricken guinea pigs and the effects of epidermal growth factor (EGF) and dexamethasone (DXM) treatment for blast hearing loss. METHODS: Immunohistochemical technique and auditory brainstem response (ABR) test were used. RESULTS: Scattered expression of EGFR was seen in inner hair cells (IHCs) and outer hair cells (OHCs) in normal guinea pigs. Segmentally distributing positive reaction was also located in stereocilia of hair cells. Distribution of EGFR reaction was seen in the cytoplasm of IHC 24 hours after exposure to blasts, and in the stereocilia of IHC and the cuticular plate of OHC 72 hours postexposure. At one week EGFR reaction in hair cells increased obviously and part of OHC stereocilia also showed positive reaction. EGFR reaction reduced at two weeks, though positive reaction could still be found in the stereocilia of hair cells at one month. Combination of EGF and DXM administrations promoted hearing recovery significantly. CONCLUSIONS: The healing of injured hair cells may be related to EGF.  (+info)

Mechanisms of primary blast-induced traumatic brain injury: Insights from shock-wave research<...Mechanisms of primary blast-induced traumatic brain injury: Insights from shock-wave research<...
TY - JOUR. T1 - Mechanisms of primary blast-induced traumatic brain injury. T2 - Insights from shock-wave research. AU - Nakagawa, Atsuhiro. AU - Manley, Geoffrey T.. AU - Gean, Alisa D.. AU - Ohtani, Kiyonobu. AU - Armonda, Rocco. AU - Tsukamoto, Akira. AU - Yamamoto, Hiroaki. AU - Takayama, Kazuyoshi. AU - Tominaga, Teiji. PY - 2011/6/1. Y1 - 2011/6/1. N2 - Traumatic brain injury caused by explosive or blast events is traditionally divided into four phases: primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary blast injury. These phases of blast-induced traumatic brain injury (bTBI) are biomechanically distinct and can be modeled in both in vivo and in vitro systems. The primary bTBI injury phase represents the response of brain tissue to the initial blast wave. Among the four phases of bTBI, there is a remarkable paucity of information about the cause of primary bTBI. On the other hand, 30 years of research on the medical application of shockwaves (SW) has given us insight into the mechanisms of ...
https://tohoku.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/mechanisms-of-primary-blast-induced-traumatic-brain-injury-insigh
Design of a composite combat helmet liner for prevention of blast-induced traumatic brain injuryDesign of a composite combat helmet liner for prevention of blast-induced traumatic brain injury
Air blast-induced traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) represent a significant percentage of military personnel injuries observed in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Prevalence of blast-induced TBIs is attributed to several factors, including improved body armor, improved diagnostic techniques, greater awareness, and the increased threat of attack by improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Though the mechanisms of blast-induced TBIs are not fully understood, this is a serious problem that needs to be addressed. The overall goal of the work presented in this report is to explore a possible improvement to the Advanced Combat Helmet (ACH) liner increasing the protection against blast-induced TBIs. The essential new element is the inclusion of moveable or deformable materials sandwiched within foam to dissipate the blast energy, reduce the peak transmitted pressure, and stretch the blast waveform before it reaches the brain. Filler materials explored in this work include ...
https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/64577
Tightly coupled repetitive blast-induced traumatic brain injury: development and characterization in miceTightly coupled repetitive blast-induced traumatic brain injury: development and characterization in mice
A mouse model of repeated blast exposure was developed using a compressed air-driven shock tube, to study the increase in severity of traumatic brain injury (bTBI) after multiple blast exposures. Isoflurane anesthetized C57BL/6J mice were exposed to 13.9, 20.6, and 25 psi single blast overpressure ( …
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21770761/?dopt=Abstract
Fireworks-Related Injuries to Children | AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS | PediatricsFireworks-Related Injuries to Children | AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS | Pediatrics
Fireworks are devices designed for the purpose of producing a visible or audible effect by combustion, deflagration, or detonation.1 Every year, US residents celebrate the Fourth of July and other festive occasions with fireworks. As a result, in 1999, an estimated 8500 individuals, approximately 45% of them children younger than 15 years, sustained fireworks-related injuries requiring emergency medical treatment.2,,3 Since 1994, the annual number of people receiving emergency medical treatment for fireworks-related injuries has decreased by about one third.3,,4 The hands (40%), eyes (20%), and head and face (20%) are the body areas most often involved.2 About one third of eye injuries from fireworks result in permanent blindness.5 Burns account for more than half of fireworks-related injuries,2 and lacerations, contusions, and abrasions are also common.1,,26-8 During 1999, 16 people died as a result of injuries associated with fireworks.2. Under regulations promulgated by the US Consumer ...
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/108/1/190.full
Commonest organ injured primary blast injuries is a Lung Liverc Spleend SkiCommonest organ injured primary blast injuries is a Lung Liverc Spleend Ski
Commonest organ injured primary blast injuries is a Lung Liverc Spleend Ski Lung is the most common organ damaged in an air blast injury.Reference:1. Disasters and Public Health By Clements, 2009, Pages 66-672. The Essentials of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology By Dr K S Nara
http://mbbsdost.com/AIIMS-Neuroanaesthesia-Update-2015-/medical/Commonest-organ-injured-primary-blast-injuries-is-a-Lung-Liverc-Spleend-Ski/random-mcqs-questions/
Blast injury | Britannica.comBlast injury | Britannica.com
Blast injury: Blast injury,, any injury caused by a pressure wave such as that following an explosion. Blast injuries may be inflicted by such waves traveling in gases, liquids, or solids.
https://www.britannica.com/science/blast-injury
Frontiers | Assessing Neuro-Systemic & Behavioral Components in the Pathophysiology of Blast-Related Brain Injury | NeurologyFrontiers | Assessing Neuro-Systemic & Behavioral Components in the Pathophysiology of Blast-Related Brain Injury | Neurology
Among the U.S. military personnel, blast injury is among the leading causes of brain injury. During the past decade, it has become apparent that even blast injury as a form of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) may lead to multiple different adverse outcomes, such as neuropsychiatric symptoms and long-term cognitive disability. Blast injury is characterized by blast overpressure (BOP), blast duration, and blast impulse. While the blast injuries of a victim close to the explosion will be severe, majority of victims are usually at a distance leading to milder form described as mild blast TBI (mbTBI). A major feature of mbTBI is its complex manifestation occurring in concert at different organ levels involving systemic, cerebral, neuronal and neuropsychiatric responses; some of which are shared with other forms of brain trauma such as acute brain injury and other neuropsychiatric disorders such as PTSD. The pathophysiology of blast injury exposure involves complex cascades of chronic psychological stress,
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2013.00186/full
Explosions and Blast Injuries: A Primer for Clinicians // ACEPExplosions and Blast Injuries: A Primer for Clinicians // ACEP
Auf der Heide E. Disaster Response: Principles of Preparation and Coordination Disaster Response: Principles of Preparation and Coordination.. Quenemoen LE, Davis, YM, Malilay J, Sinks T, Noji EK, and Klitzman S. The World Trade Center bombing: injury prevention strategies for high-rise building fires. Disasters 1996;20:125-32.. Wightman JM and Gladish SL. Explosions and blast injuries. Annals of Emergency Medicine; June 2001; 37(6): 664-p678.. Stein M and Hirshberg A. Trauma Care in the New Millinium: Medical Consequences of Terrorism, the Conventional Weapon Threat. Surgical Clinics of North America. Dec 1999; Vol 79 (6).. Phillips YY. Primary Blast Injuries. Annals of Emergency Medicine; 1986, Dec; 106 (15); 1446-50.. Hogan D, et al. Emergency Department Impact of the Oklahoma City Terrorist Bombing. Annals of Emergency Medicine; August 1999; 34 (2), pp. Mallonee S, et al. Physical Injuries and Fatalities Resulting From the Oklahoma City Bombing. Journal of the American Medical Association; ...
https://www.acep.org/content.aspx?id=43106
Blast-Induced Tinnitus: A Combined Behavioral, Memri, And Electrophysiology Study by Jessica Pengyun OuyangBlast-Induced Tinnitus: A Combined Behavioral, Memri, And Electrophysiology Study by Jessica Pengyun Ouyang
ABSTRACT BLAST-INDUCED TINNITUS: A COMBINED BEHAVIORAL, MEMRE, AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY STUDY by JESSICA OUYANG May 2014 Advisor: Drs. Steve Cala & Jinsheng Zhang Major: Physiology Degree: Doctor of Philosophy Tinnitus and hearing loss are the frequent auditory-related co-morbidities of blast trauma. The etiology of blast-induced tinnitus is also muddled by brain mechanisms associated with emotional and cognitive problems such as anxiety, memory loss, and depression. We set out to develop a realistic and ecologically valid model to address changes of cognitive status and psychological state that are associated with blast- induced tinnitus. In this study, 19 adult rats were randomly divided into the sham group (n=6) and the blast group (n=13). Blast exposure (14 psi) was conducted via a shock wave tube to expose the left ears of the rats in the blast group, and a sham exposure was conducted to the rats in the sham group. Blast-induced tinnitus was evaluated with gap detection and pre-pulse inhibition (PPI)
http://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/910/
Blast Injuries: A Fact Sheet for Professionals - Emergency PreparednessBlast Injuries: A Fact Sheet for Professionals - Emergency Preparedness
In an instant, an explosion or blast can wreck havoc; producing numerous casualties with complex, technically challenging injuries not commonly seen after natural disasters such as floods or hurricanes.. To address this issue, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with partners from the Terrorism Injuries Information, Dissemination and Exchange (TIIDE) Project, as well as other experts in the field, have developed fact sheets for health care providers that provide detailed information on the treatment of blast injuries.. The fact sheet addresses background, clinical presentation, diagnostic evaluation, management and disposition of blast injury topics.. ...
https://www.calhospitalprepare.org/post/blast-injuries-fact-sheet-professionals
Voluntary Alcohol Intake following Blast Exposure in a Rat Model of Mild Traumatic Brain InjuryVoluntary Alcohol Intake following Blast Exposure in a Rat Model of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Alcoholism is a frequent comorbidity following mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), even in patients without a previous history of alcohol dependence. Despite this correlational relationship, the extent to which the neurological effects of mTBI contribute to the development of alcoholism is unknown. In this study, we used a rodent blast exposure model to investigate the relationship between mTBI and voluntary alcohol drinking in alcohol naïve rats. We have previously demonstrated in Sprague Dawley rats that blast exposure leads to microstructural abnormalities in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and other brain regions that progress from four to thirty days. The mPFC is a brain region implicated in alcoholism and drug addiction, although the impact of mTBI on drug reward and addiction using controlled models remains largely unexplored. Alcohol naïve Sprague Dawley rats were subjected to a blast model of mTBI (or sham conditions) and then tested in several common measures of voluntary alcohol intake.
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0125130
LLNL research reveals how blast waves may cause human brain injury even without direct head impactsLLNL research reveals how blast waves may cause human brain injury even without direct head impacts
Because blast waves and direct impact affect the head in fundamentally different ways, armor systems that are designed to protect soldiers from impacts and projectiles may not be optimal for blast wave protection. The team studied how helmets and their suspension systems influence the blast-induced mechanical loads in the brain. They looked at two common systems: a nylon web system formerly used in the Personnel Armor Systems Ground Troops infantry helmet and viscoelastic foam pads like those in advanced combat helmets. Both helmets were modeled as hemi-ellipsoidal Kevlar shells ...
http://www.rxpgnews.com/research/LLNL-research-reveals-how-blast-waves-may-cause-human-brain-injury-even-without-direct-head-impacts_188123.shtml
Blast injury - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaBlast injury - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Neurotrauma can occur due to the mechanisms of one or more blast injury categories. Bleeding from injured organs such as lungs or bowel causes a lack of oxygen in all vital organs, including the brain. Damage of the lungs reduces the surface for oxygen uptake from the air, reducing the amount of the oxygen delivered to the brain. Tissue destruction initiates the synthesis and release of hormones or mediators into the blood which, when delivered to the brain, change its function. Irritation of the nerve endings in injured peripheral tissue and/or organs also significantly contributes to blast-induced neurotrauma. Individuals exposed to blasts frequently have loss of memory for events before and after explosion, confusion, headache, impaired sense of reality, and reduced decision-making ability. Patients with brain injuries acquired in explosions often develop sudden, unexpected brain swelling and cerebral vasospasm despite continuous monitoring. However, the first symptoms of blast-induced ...
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blast_injury
Bomb blast injuries to the ear: the London Bridge incident series. | Emergency Medicine JournalBomb blast injuries to the ear: the London Bridge incident series. | Emergency Medicine Journal
Twelve patients who were treated for ear injuries at Guys Hospital following the London Bridge bomb blast in February 1992 were reviewed. Among three there were four perforated eardrums, two of which closed spontaneously (50%). All three patients had a persistent mixed hearing loss. The remaining nine patients had acute sensorineural hearing loss and/or tinnitus only. Four of these had resolved completely by 4h, another one by 48h, and two by 4 weeks. Two patients had a residual high frequency hearing loss. In total, five patients (42%) have a persistent hearing loss. None of the patients suffered from balance problems. In summary, the ear is very susceptible to bomb blast injury, but there is a high rate of spontaneous closure of perforations and improvement of sensorineural hearing loss and tinnitus.. ...
http://emj.bmj.com/content/12/3/194
Therapeutic effect of sildenafil on blast-induced tinnitus and auditory impairment | Semantic ScholarTherapeutic effect of sildenafil on blast-induced tinnitus and auditory impairment | Semantic Scholar
Blast-induced tinnitus, along with associated auditory impairment and traumatic brain injury, is a primary concern facing military service members. To search for treatment, we investigated the therapeutic effects of sildenafil, a phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor, given its vasodilatory effects and evidence suggesting its beneficial effects on noise-induced hearing loss. Rats were subjected to three consecutive blast exposures at 22 psi and were monitored for tinnitus using a gap-detection acoustic startle reflex paradigm. Hearing thresholds and detection were tested using auditory brainstem responses and prepulse inhibition, respectively. Blasted rats were either treated with sildenafil or tap water following blast exposure, while age-matched sham control rats were treated with sildenafil and no blast exposure. Our results showed that sildenafil did not effectively prevent acute tinnitus onset and hearing impairment. Instead, sildenafil significantly suppressed high-frequency tinnitus from 3 to 6 weeks
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Therapeutic-effect-of-sildenafil-on-blast-induced-Mahmood-Mei/00e9641d5c793f856bc1f7e05f6aabbb8f789277
HubbleSite: Video - Blast Wave from a Stellar Explosion: Simulation of Supernova 1987AHubbleSite: Video - Blast Wave from a Stellar Explosion: Simulation of Supernova 1987A
This scientific visualization shows the development of Supernova 1987A, from the initial blast observed three decades ago to the luminous ring of material we see today.. The sequence, using data from a computer simulation, begins with the star before it exploded. A ring of material around the star was expelled about 20,000 years before the supernova outburst. A flash of light signals the stellar explosion. The supernova sends a blast wave outward from the dying star. As the blast wave slams into the ring, high-density knots of material become intensely heated and glow brightly, while lower-density gas is blown outward. The computer simulation provides one data set per year, and thus the visualization steps between them at four years per second. Upon reaching the present day, the time development is halted, and the camera circles around the ring to showcase its structure.. ...
http://hubblesite.org/video/939/science/109-scientific-visualizations
HubbleSite: Video - Blast Wave from a Stellar Explosion: Simulation of Supernova 1987AHubbleSite: Video - Blast Wave from a Stellar Explosion: Simulation of Supernova 1987A
This scientific visualization shows the development of Supernova 1987A, from the initial blast observed three decades ago to the luminous ring of material we see today.. The sequence, using data from a computer simulation, begins with the star before it exploded. A ring of material around the star was expelled about 20,000 years before the supernova outburst. A flash of light signals the stellar explosion. The supernova sends a blast wave outward from the dying star. As the blast wave slams into the ring, high-density knots of material become intensely heated and glow brightly, while lower-density gas is blown outward. The computer simulation provides one data set per year, and thus the visualization steps between them at four years per second. Upon reaching the present day, the time development is halted, and the camera circles around the ring to showcase its structure.. ...
http://hubblesite.org/video/939/
Steroids Rapidly Restore Blood-Brain Barrier Function after Blast - Science and Technology Research NewsSteroids Rapidly Restore Blood-Brain Barrier Function after Blast - Science and Technology Research News
Our research should stimulate renewed clinical interest in developing glucocorticoid therapies to treat blast-induced traumatic brain injury (bTBI) and other disorders of the central nervous system, Morrison says. His findings also hold important implications for military personnel exposed to blast injury. We may be able to improve outcomes in brain-injured soldiers and civilians, he continues, and reduce the length of their mandatory rest periods before returning to duty, making the difference between requiring only days rather than weeks or longer to recover.. This improvement could be a significant result, as there are currently no approved pharmaceutical therapies for traumatic brain injury (TBI), and recently completed clinical trials have not demonstrated any benefit of other tested neuro-protective interventions. For patients with head injuries (non-blast related) and brain edema, doctors have been prescribing glucocorticoids, a class of steroid hormones, as standard treatment for ...
http://www.scienceandtechnologyresearchnews.com/steroids-rapidly-restore-blood-brain-barrier-function-after-blast/
British Library EThOS: Adjuncts to pre-hospital resuscitation strategies for haemorrhagic shock and blast injury : supplemental...British Library EThOS: Adjuncts to pre-hospital resuscitation strategies for haemorrhagic shock and blast injury : supplemental...
Explosion is responsible for almost 80% of Coalition injuries in todays conflicts. Haemorrhage is the leading cause of death and blast lung injury is evident in 11% of Coalition casualties surviving to reach the (UK) Field Hospital. Military prehospital evacuation times can be prolonged and the combined insults of haemorrhage and blast injury present a double hit to oxygen delivery. Resuscitation strategies must be capable of preserving life from such trauma for several hours. Alongside fluid therapy, adjuncts to resuscitation might improve battlefield survival. This randomized controlled animal trial assessed two adjuncts: supplemental inspired oxygen and recombinant activated Factor VII (rFVIIa). Neither adjunct is currently available in the far-forward military echelon, but with modern technology, both are potentially deployable. 18 terminally anaesthetized swine were exposed to blast, controlled haemorrhage and grade IV liver laceration (uncontrolled haemorrhage). Animals were allocated ...
https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.588236
Evaluation of the outcome of blast injuries presented to emergency department in suez canal university hospitals for El Sayed...Evaluation of the outcome of blast injuries presented to emergency department in suez canal university hospitals for El Sayed...
Thesis, English, Evaluation of the outcome of blast injuries presented to emergency department in suez canal university hospitals for El Sayed Emad Eldin Abd Elgawad
http://www.philadelphia.edu.jo/newlibrary/eng/english-books/671-english-books/142494-engb-142494
DARPA Blast Gauge Quantifies Blast Exposure, Leads to Advancements in Countering TBIDARPA Blast Gauge Quantifies Blast Exposure, Leads to Advancements in Countering TBI
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is the signature wound of conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Conservative estimates put the number of U.S. warfighters who have experienced TBI at more than 200,000. Battlefield medical personnel today rely on visual signs and the personal accounts of patients to alert them to the possibility of TBI. The DARPA Blast Gauge provides a quantitative means for measuring blast related exposure, thus providing a mechanism for medical personnel to better identify those at risk for TBI. The gauge collects quantitative data to provide medics with a screening tool and data for uncovering the mechanisms of TBI.. During a recent engagement, a Soldier suffered a shrapnel injury and did not report a blast exposure to the medic treating his visible wounds. The medic opted to check the Blast Gauges on the Soldier; which told the real story. The Soldiers gauges displayed yellow lights, indicating a moderate exposure occurred during the engagement. In response, the medics downloaded ...
https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2012-05-21
Technology | Biotech Strategy Blog - Part 2Technology | Biotech Strategy Blog - Part 2
Dr Cullen presented his research on blast-induced traumatic brain injury (bTBI) and the development of a nanomaterial containing photonic crystals that change color upon exposure to blast pressure.. In the same way that a radiation dosimeter badge records exposure to cumulative radiation for a hospital worker, so a helmet-mounted color badge would change color based on a soldiers exposure to blast pressure; a common occurrence with improvised explosive devices (IED).. In a paper published in NeuroImage, Cullen and colleagues describe in detail a blast-injury dosimeter (BID) made from photosensitive polymers that is like a colored sticker. This nanomaterial contains microscopic, diamond-like photonic crystals, whose ability to refract light is damaged in a precise way by the pressure from explosive blasts.. The result is a change in color that is related to the degree of pressure and blast intensity. Whats more because the photonic crystals are structurally damaged by the blast, further ...
https://biotechstrategyblog.com/category/technology/page/2/
Frontiers | Chronic Hypopituitarism Associated with Increased Postconcussive Symptoms Is Prevalent After Blast-induced Mild...Frontiers | Chronic Hypopituitarism Associated with Increased Postconcussive Symptoms Is Prevalent After Blast-induced Mild...
The most frequent injury sustained by U.S. service members deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan is mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), or concussion, by far most often caused by blast waves from improvised explosive devices or other explosive ordnance. TBI from all causes gives rise to chronic neuroendocrine disorders with an estimated prevalence of 25-50%. The current study expands upon our earlier finding that chronic pituitary gland dysfunction occurs with a similarly high frequency after blast-related concussions. We measured circulating hormone levels and accessed demographic and testing data from two groups of male veterans with hazardous duty experience in Iraq or Afghanistan. Veterans in the mTBI group had experienced one or more blast-related concussions. Members of the deployment control (DC) group encountered similar deployment conditions but had no history of blast-related mTBI. Twelve of 39 (31%) of the mTBI participants and three of 20 (15%) veterans in the DC group screened positive for one or
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2018.00072/abstract
Treatment with non-medicated eye drops reduces damage caused by blast exposure | IOVS | ARVO JournalsTreatment with non-medicated eye drops reduces damage caused by blast exposure | IOVS | ARVO Journals
Purpose: To determine if treatment with non-medicated eye drops immediately after blast exposure reduces both corneal and retinal pathology.. Methods: We exposed the left eyes of 3 month-old DBA/2J mice to a single, 26psi blast of compressed air and provided a subset of mice with non-medicated eye drops (treated). Mice were collected at 3 and 28 days post-injury. All eyes were cryo-embedded, sectioned and labeled with antibodies against GFAP, Iba1, nitrotyrosine and TUNEL. Additional sections were stained with hematoxylin and eosin to examine structure. Optic nerves were embedded in resin, sectioned and stained with p-phenylenediamine.. Results: The majority (90%) of untreated (blast exposed, no eye drops) corneas contained numerous pathologies (edema, hyphema, neovascularization), while only about 10% of corneas from treated eyes were edematous. Immune infiltrate were present in both the anterior and posterior chamber of untreated eyes but was limited to the subretinal space in treated eyes. ...
http://iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2336123
Stability and Collapsing Mechanism of Cavitation-Induced Nanobubbles in Simulated Extra-Cellular Matrix (ECM) Near Neuron |...Stability and Collapsing Mechanism of Cavitation-Induced Nanobubbles in Simulated Extra-Cellular Matrix (ECM) Near Neuron |...
In blast-induced traumatic brain injury, shock waves (SW) play an important role along with cavitation phenomena. Due to the lack of reliable and reproducible experimental investigations, we have a limited understanding of the role of cavitation in brain damage. The present study aims to develop an atomistic simulation model to determine the role of shock-induced impulse and different constituents of the brains extra-cellular matrix (ECM) on the formation mechanism, stability and collapsing mechanism of nanobubbles in the ECM. The ECM in the brain can be divided into three major types depending on their location behind the blood-brain barrier, namely (a) the basement membrane (basal lamina), (b) the perineuronal nets and (3) the neural interstitial matrix. In this paper, we have studied the interaction of nanobubbles with bio-molecules of the perineuronal nets. We have chosen this zone of the ECM because we are interested to obtain the role of cavitation bubble collapse in neuron damage. Most ...
http://proceedings.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/proceeding.aspx?articleid=2602049
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S09.31: Primary blast injury of ear2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S09.31: Primary blast injury of ear
Free, official coding info for 2021 ICD-10-CM S09.31 - includes detailed rules, notes, synonyms, ICD-9-CM conversion, index and annotation crosswalks, DRG grouping and more.
https://www.icd10data.com/ICD10CM/Codes/S00-T88/S00-S09/S09-/S09.31
ICD-10 Diagnosis Code S27.312 Primary blast injury of lung, bilateralICD-10 Diagnosis Code S27.312 Primary blast injury of lung, bilateral
Diagnosis Code S27.312 information, including descriptions, synonyms, code edits, diagnostic related groups, ICD-9 conversion and references to the diseases index.
https://icdlist.com/icd-10/s27312
ICD-10 Diagnosis Code S27.312A Primary blast injury of lung, bilateral, initial encounterICD-10 Diagnosis Code S27.312A Primary blast injury of lung, bilateral, initial encounter
Diagnosis Code S27.312A information, including descriptions, synonyms, code edits, diagnostic related groups, ICD-9 conversion and references to the diseases index.
https://icdlist.com/icd-10/s27312a
Firecracker and Blast Injuries | ACEPs PEM MicrositeFirecracker and Blast Injuries | ACEPs PEM Microsite
Jonathan Eisenberg, MD. As a child, my father told me a story about his neighbor who had a mishap with a firecracker and blew off the second through fourth digits. He would then hold out his thumb and pinky and wave to me. This scared me to such an extent that I still have never lit a firecracker, even during my less frontal lobe-oriented teen years. I now think that this story was a fabrication-but it is not that far off from its realistic basis.. Fireworks are most popular during the month surrounding July 4thin the US. These colorful combustibles have been around in the US since July 4th, 1777, and we spend more than $700 million dollars per year on them. There are many varieties and categories from novelty and daytime fireworks (both generally have smaller explosions) to the larger aerial fireworks and a host of nuanced state laws which allow for an all, some, or none approach to sales.. Although young adults 20-24 have the highest rate of injury, children younger than 15 accounted for 31% ...
http://pediatricsectionwp.acep.org/?p=834
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 27 Feb 1989House of Commons Hansard Debates for 27 Feb 1989
1 June 1980 Explosive device ,Kuwait Oil Co., New Bond Street, London ,- 12 October 1980 Explosive device ,Turkish Tourist Office, London ,- 12 October 1980 Explosive device ,Swissair Office, Leicester Square, London ,- 15 December 1980 Explosive device ,French Tourist Board, Piccadilly, London ,- 15 December 1980 Explosive device ,French Railways Office, Piccadilly, London ,- 28 December 1980 Explosive device ,Libyan Airline Office, Piccadilly, London ,- 23 June 1981 Kidnap ,Kidnap of daughter of Saudi General ,- 7 September 1981 ,Attack on Iranian Consulate ,- 13 December 1981 Car bomb ,Connaught Square, London ,Two dead, one injured 26 February 1982 Hijack ,Stansted, Essex ,- 14 March 1982 Explosive device ,London ,- 3 June 1982 Shooting ,Israeli Ambassador Argov shot Park Lane, London W1, ,plus find of bombs and weapons (N) ,Two injured (includes ,one terrorist) 31 July 1982 Explosive device ,Middle East newspaper office, Cough Street, London ,- 9 September 1982 Explosive device ,Lancaster ...
https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm198889/cmhansrd/1989-02-27/Writtens-1.html
Ending Anti-Personnel Mines Is Our Joint ResponsibilityEnding Anti-Personnel Mines Is Our Joint Responsibility
Ten years. Ten years since I have started meeting with victims of anti-personnel mines and cluster munitions in Laos, Cambodia, Lebanon, and Colombia.Ten years I have witnessed the ravaged bodies and...
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/jerome-bobin/anti-personnel-mines-amputee_b_9607148.html
Molecular Changes in Brain After Mild Blast Injury are Similar to Those Caused by AlzheimersMolecular Changes in Brain After Mild Blast Injury are Similar to Those Caused by Alzheimers
Mild traumatic brain injury after blast exposure produces inflammation, oxidative stress and gene activation patterns that are similar to disorders of memory processing.
http://www.medindia.net/news/molecular-changes-in-brain-after-mild-blast-injury-are-similar-to-those-caused-by-alzheimers-118021-1.htm
Landesweite Studien aus den Niederlanden und Finnland zur Häufigkeit von Augenverletzungen durch Feuerwerkskörper unter dem...Landesweite Studien aus den Niederlanden und Finnland zur Häufigkeit von Augenverletzungen durch Feuerwerkskörper unter dem...
Fireworks-related eye injuries occur all over the world whenever fireworks are available for the public. The two prospective registers from Finland over 20 years and from the Netherlands over 10 years have tracked the effect of regulations, awareness, and safety campaigns. The incidence of fireworks-related injuries in these two countries has been reduced to about one half during the last 10 years through addressing the number of hours allowed for private fireworks, the use of safety glasses, awareness campaigns, and stricter regulations on fireworks available for purchase. Although the total number of injuries has decreased, the average severity of eye injuries in the Netherlands seems to have increased due to higher content of gunpowder in fireworks. Boys and young men are mainly affected as well as bystanders who account for more than half of fireworks-related eye injuries. More work on safety of fireworks is still needed through regulating private consumer use of fireworks, a challenge that ...
https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/309074
Figure 17 | Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Blast-Induced Vibration for Short-Delay Cut Blasting in Underground...Figure 17 | Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Blast-Induced Vibration for Short-Delay Cut Blasting in Underground...
Figure 17: Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Blast-Induced Vibration for Short-Delay Cut Blasting in Underground Mining
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/sv/2019/5843516/fig17/
Landmines and explosive weapons | Child protection from violence, exploitation and abuse | UNICEFLandmines and explosive weapons | Child protection from violence, exploitation and abuse | UNICEF
Fortunately, there are solutions. UNICEF works to teach children and their families how to live safely in contaminated areas until the lethal threat can be cleared permanently. Partnership is key to long-term solutions, and so UNICEF works with states, non-state actors, other UN agencies, civil-society and other international organisations. Generally called Mine Risk Education, or MRE, UNICEF also supports the survivors of ERW incidents, and others who are injured and disabled. Most important to a long term solution, many of these weapons now are banned. UNICEF has been, and remains, a strong advocate of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention and the Convention on Cluster Munitions - the two most successful examples of humanitarian disarmament in recent times. We advocate for the Optional Protocol to the CRC on Children and Armed Conflict, and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. These are critical tools for protecting children ...
https://www.unicef.org/protection/57929_57996.html
Can fireworks-related injuries to children during festivities be prevented?Can fireworks-related injuries to children during festivities be prevented?
The mean age of the 25 children admitted was 9.4 years (SD 2.9 years, range 3 - 12 years). Reasons for admission were injuries to the hands, face and eye. Placement included admission to the trauma ward, burns unit and ophthalmology ward, and one child was admitted to the ICU. Surgical intervention for the injuries was required in 21 cases. Information about duration of hospital stay was available in 80% of cases. The mean length of hospitalisation was 3.5±3.2 days. None of the patients seen died from their injuries. Discussion. Despite the annual outcry over the indiscriminate use of fireworks during festive periods and the concomitant cruelty to animals, very little is known or has been published about injuries sustained by humans in South Africa.5,6 Children, because of their inquisitive nature and the excitement surrounding fireworks, are particularly vulnerable. They also cannot readily appreciate the dangers involved or act decisively in an emergency, hence their susceptibility to ...
http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0256-95742010000800018&lang=en
Fireworks-Related Injuries Can Cause Permanent Vision Loss « Anderson Eye SurgeryFireworks-Related Injuries Can Cause Permanent Vision Loss « Anderson Eye Surgery
As Halloween approaches and the tradition of setting off fireworks is inevitable the chance of serious injury to revelers is always a concern. A revealing article in the American Academy of Ophthalmology gives a clear picture of the perils of using fireworks especially if the participants do not take appropriate precautions. Serious injury to the limbs and the eyes (including corneal abrasions, the development of traumatic cataracts and retinal detachments) can occur and are unfortunately all to commonplace. There are however safety precautions, which can be followed to greatly reduce the risk of injury. For some great advice on making Halloween pop and keeping it safe click on the following link http://www.aao.org/newsroom/release/20130619.cfm. Sign up for the Anderson Eye Surgery RSS Feed to be notified when new content is available. ...
http://andersoneyesurgery.com/fireworks-related-injuries-can-cause-permanent-vision-loss?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fireworks-related-injuries-can-cause-permanent-vision-loss
Noradrenalin effectively rescues mice from blast lung injury caused by laser-induced shock waves | Intensive Care Medicine...Noradrenalin effectively rescues mice from blast lung injury caused by laser-induced shock waves | Intensive Care Medicine...
Blast lung injuries (BLI) caused by blast waves are extremely critical in the prehospital setting, and hypotension is thought to be the main cause of death in such cases. The present study aimed to elucidate the pathophysiology of severe BLI using laser-induced shock wave (LISW) and identify the initial treatment. The current investigation comprised two parts. For the validation study, mice were randomly allocated to groups that received a single shot of 1.2, 1.3, or 1.4 J/cm2 LISW to both lungs. The survival rates, systolic blood pressure (sBP), heart rate (HR), peripheral oxyhemoglobin saturation (SpO2), and shock index were monitored for 60 min, and lung tissues were analyzed histopathologically. The study evaluated the effects of catecholamines as follows. Randomly assigned mice received 1.4 J/cm2 LISW followed by the immediate intraperitoneal administration of dobutamine, noradrenalin, or normal saline. The primary outcome was the survival rate. Additionally, sBP, HR, SpO2, and the shock index were
https://icm-experimental.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40635-015-0069-7
Fireworks-Related Injuries and Safety TipsFireworks-Related Injuries and Safety Tips
Fireworks are fun but dangerous. Although New Jersey passed new legislation in 2017 regarding the purchase, sale or use of sparklers and ground based novelty items, keep in mind these items may reach temperatures of 1500 degrees, easily igniting clothing or burning fingers.
https://www.rwjbh.org/blog/2018/june/risk-of-fireworks-related-injuries-and-safety-ti/
The Best Secret Weapon Against Landmines and Tuberculosis Is a Rat - Atlas ObscuraThe Best Secret Weapon Against Landmines and Tuberculosis Is a Rat - Atlas Obscura
The amazing HeroRATs, a corps of specially trained mine- and TB-sniffing rats, were created by a Dutch NGO called the Anti-Personnel Landmines Removal Product, or APOPO. It was founded in 1997 by Bart Weetjens, a Belgian product designer, who was searching for a more affordable way to help Africans clear landmines. He knew that rats-specifically, African giant pouched rats-are intelligent, social creatures with a keen sense of smell, and reasoned that they could be trained to detect buried landmines, small arms, and leftover unexploded ordnance.. The first HeroRats went to work in Mozambique in 2003 as trials, and passed testing in 2005. By 2006 APOPO had a brigade of HeroRATs. Today, there are 111 HeroRATs deployed in Tanzania, with a further 23 in Angola and 16 in Mozambique.. Common in sub-Saharan Africa, African giant pouched rats are one of the worlds largest rodents: they measure almost three feet in length and weigh about four pounds. They live up to eight years and are resistant to ...
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-best-secret-weapon-against-landmines-and-tuberculosis-is-a-rat
Fireworks-related injuries can damage eyes: 6/27Fireworks-related injuries can damage eyes: 6/27
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Caribbean yacht death Briton had blast injuries - BBC NewsCaribbean yacht death Briton had blast injuries - BBC News
A dead Briton found near his burning yacht had injuries consistent with an explosion, authorities on the eastern Caribbean island of St Vincent say.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26846751
The Effects of Chronic Exposure to Low-Level Blasts - Full Text View - ClinicalTrials.govThe Effects of Chronic Exposure to Low-Level Blasts - Full Text View - ClinicalTrials.gov
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the cognitive and neurophysiological effects of chronic exposure to repeated low-level blast overpressure. Previous studies show converging evidence for a neurophysiological effect from cumulative exposure to blast, which is consistent with subjective reports of cognitive impairment by individuals trained to use explosives to gain entry to structures (breachers). This study will expand on these findings by examining a larger cohort of experienced breachers who may be incurring a cumulative effect of low-level blast exposure over the course of several years. We will evaluate up to 20 participants from each of three groups: breachers, artillery control personnel, and unexposed individuals. Additionally, we will ask each of the above to bring a close companion for a set of questionnaires and an interview to capture changes in functioning that participants may not be able to self-assess. Participants will travel to the NIH for evaluation of cognitive and ...
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01524822?term=sleep+studies+OR+polysomnogram+OR+multiple+sleep+latency+test+OR+maintenance+of+wakefulness+test&recr=Open&fund=01&rank=16
New material could help facial reconstruction for soldiers blast injuries - ScienceBlog.comNew material could help facial reconstruction for soldiers blast injuries - ScienceBlog.com
Biomedical engineers at Johns Hopkins have developed a new liquid material that in early experiments in rats and humans shows promise in restoring damaged
https://scienceblog.com/46806/new-material-could-help-facial-reconstruction-for-soldiers-blast-injuries/
Intracranial pressure | Noninvasive ICPIntracranial pressure | Noninvasive ICP
Authors: Dal Cengio Leonardi A, Keane NJ, Hay K, Ryan AG, Bir CA, Vandevord PJ.. Studies on blast neurotrauma have focused on investigating the effects of exposure to free-field blast representing the simplest form of blast threat scenario without considering any reflecting surfaces. However, in reality personnel are often located within enclosures or nearby reflecting walls causing a complex blast environment, that is, involving shock reflections and/or compound waves from different directions. The purpose of this study was to design a complex wave testing system and perform a preliminary investigation of the intracranial pressure (ICP) response of rats exposed to a complex blast wave environment (CBWE). The effects of head orientation in the same environment were also explored. Furthermore, since it is hypothesized that exposure to a CBWE would be more injurious as compared to a free-field blast wave environment (FFBWE), a histological comparison of hippocampal injury (cleaved caspase-3 and ...
http://www.noninvasiveicp.com/taxonomy/term/10?page=4
Vestibular Consequences of Blast-related Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) - Full Text View - ClinicalTrials.govVestibular Consequences of Blast-related Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) - Full Text View - ClinicalTrials.gov
The goal of this project is to determine the effects of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and blast exposure on the vestibular system and CNS. Dizziness and balance disorders are common symptoms associated with mTBI or head injury. Numerous studies have provided significant evidence that mTBI or head injury can cause damage to the vestibular system; however, most have limited the vestibular evaluation to assessment of horizontal semicircular canal function. Recently, methods have been developed to assess otolith function, and there is some evidence that head injury may affect the otolith organs to a greater degree than the semicircular canals.. mTBI has been called the signature condition of Veterans returning from Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF), and the cause is often related to blast exposure from improvised explosive devices, mortars or rocket-propelled grenades. Some investigators have presumed that dizziness and balance disorders following blast exposure are ...
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01021137?recr=Open&cond=%22Dizziness%22&rank=16
Exacerbation of blast-induced ocular trauma by an immune response | Journal of Neuroinflammation | Full TextExacerbation of blast-induced ocular trauma by an immune response | Journal of Neuroinflammation | Full Text
Visual prognosis after an open globe injury is typically worse than after a closed globe injury due, in part, to the immune response that ensues following open globe trauma. There is a need for an animal model of open globe injury in order to investigate mechanisms of vision loss and test potential therapeutics. The left eyes of DBA/2 J mice were exposed to an overpressure airwave blast. This strain lacks a fully functional ocular immune privilege, so even though the blast wave does not rupture the globe, immune infiltrate and neuroinflammation occurs as it would in an open globe injury. For the first month after blast wave exposure, the gross pathology, intraocular pressure, visual function, and retinal integrity of the blast-exposed eyes were monitored. Eyes were collected at three, seven, and 28 days to study the histology of the cornea, retina, and optic nerve, and perform immunohistochemical labeling with markers of cell death, oxidative stress, and inflammation. The overpressure airwave caused
https://jneuroinflammation.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12974-014-0192-5
Report says there exist hidden scars on brains of Military Personnel who experience bomb shockwaves | BlakkPepper.comReport says there exist hidden scars on brains of Military Personnel who experience bomb shockwaves | BlakkPepper.com
Military servicemen and women who are exposed to blast shockwaves may end up with hidden scars on their brains that cant be picked up by most brain imaging techniques, according to a new study in the journal Lancet. As a result, their injuries are likely to go undiagnosed, and quite possibly untreated as well.. In a statement, lead researcher Daniel Perl explained that blast-related brain injuries are the signature injury of modern military conflicts. Paradoxically, however, despite the high prevalence of cognitive impairment experienced by military personnel who are exposed to these shockwaves, routine imaging for blast-related traumatic brain injury often shows no brain abnormalities.. Previous research has led to several theories regarding how shockwaves cause the types of symptoms that soldiers tend to suffer after being caught up in bomb blasts. For example, one study earlier this year provided evidence that these shockwaves cause tiny bubbles to form and then burst in the ...
http://www.blakkpepper.com/2016/06/report-says-there-exist-hidden-scars-on-brains-of-military-personnel-who-experience-bomb-shockwaves/
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Blast-Exposed Military Veterans and a Blast Neurotrauma Mouse Model | Science Translational...Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Blast-Exposed Military Veterans and a Blast Neurotrauma Mouse Model | Science Translational...
Blast exposure is associated with traumatic brain injury (TBI), neuropsychiatric symptoms, and long-term cognitive disability. We examined a case series of postmortem brains from U.S. military veterans exposed to blast and/or concussive injury. We found evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a tau protein-linked neurodegenerative disease, that was similar to the CTE neuropathology observed in young amateur American football players and a professional wrestler with histories of concussive injuries. We developed a blast neurotrauma mouse model that recapitulated CTE-linked neuropathology in wild-type C57BL/6 mice 2 weeks after exposure to a single blast. Blast-exposed mice demonstrated phosphorylated tauopathy, myelinated axonopathy, microvasculopathy, chronic neuroinflammation, and neurodegeneration in the absence of macroscopic tissue damage or hemorrhage. Blast exposure induced persistent hippocampal-dependent learning and memory deficits that persisted for at least 1 month and ...
http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/4/134/134ra60.short
Emergency Medical Systems: Prehospital Trauma Care for Landmine and Ordnance Blast Injuries in Afghanistan ; Zohra JalalEmergency Medical Systems: Prehospital Trauma Care for Landmine and Ordnance Blast Injuries in Afghanistan ; Zohra Jalal
A formal training program with theoretical and practical components is essential for all emergency medical personnel involved in providing care for critically injured patients. Communication, effective first aid, and on time transportation to a health center play a major role in improving quality of care for critically injured patients. Using life experience examples, participants in the study emphasized the importance of each factor on the delivery of quality care for critically injured patients. Recommendations based on the study findings included two main categories. The first category illustrated recommendations to stakeholders, and the second category reflected recommendations for further study. Stakeholders in this study included healthcare leaders in Afghanistan, healthcare professionals involved in providing health care in Afghanistan, and local people in Afghanistan. The modified van Kaam method in the qualitative phenomenological study involved conducting semistructured interviews, which
https://www.dissertation.com/books/1612337686
Eye Injuries From Fireworks in U.S. Have Nearly DoubledEye Injuries From Fireworks in U.S. Have Nearly Doubled
SUNDAY, June 30, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- As communities across America enjoy fireworks this July Fourth, folks should keep eye safety in mind.. The number of eye injuries caused by fireworks nearly doubled from 2016 to 2017, and the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) is urging Americans to take proper safety precautions this holiday.. Fireworks-related eye injuries rose from 700 in 2016 to 1,200 in 2017, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Those injuries included ruptured eyeballs and damaged corneas and retinas.. An average of 280 people a day will go to the emergency room with fireworks-related injuries during the two weeks before and after July Fourth, said Dr. Dianna Seldomridge, clinical spokesperson for the AAO.. Dont be a part of these alarming statistics. Learn how to protect yourself and your children, she urged in an AAO news release.. Most injuries are caused by legal fireworks that parents buy for their children, including sparklers, firecrackers, ...
https://healthinfo.universityhealthsystem.com/RelatedItems/6,747733
Overpressure and Lateral Drainage in the Palaeogene Strata of the Central North Sea - Durham e-ThesesOverpressure and Lateral Drainage in the Palaeogene Strata of the Central North Sea - Durham e-Theses
In this thesis, Palaeogene pressure data collected from over 300 offshore wells in the UK, Norwegian and Danish sectors of the North Sea are analysed. Regional overpressure distributions within individual Palaeocene and Eocene sandstone members are mapped across the Central North Sea, and lateral fluid flow pathways are interpreted within each individual sandstone member. Drainage within the older Maureen, Mey and Forties sandstone members is found to be predominantly south-east to north-west, with additional westwards drainage observed within the Mey and Forties sands, where smaller lateral fans fed into the basin from the Western Platform. Overpressure distributions within the Cromarty and Tay sandstone members indicate drainage westwards, where fluids probably escape through shelfal sandstones of the Mousa and Dornoch formations ...
http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/9452/
Neuroimaging in Blast-Related Mild Traumatic Brain Injury<...Neuroimaging in Blast-Related Mild Traumatic Brain Injury<...
TY - JOUR. T1 - Neuroimaging in Blast-Related Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. AU - Mu, Weiya. AU - Catenaccio, Eva. AU - Lipton, Michael L.. PY - 2016/3/28. Y1 - 2016/3/28. N2 - OBJECTIVE:: To summarize imaging findings in blast-related mild traumatic brain injury. DESIGN:: Our structured review of the literature yielded 5 structural magnetic resonance imaging (sMRI), 18 diffusion tensor imaging, 9 functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), 3 positron emission tomography, 4 magnetoencephalography, 2 electroencephalography, and 1 single-positron emission computerized tomography studies. RESULTS:: Four of the 5 sMRI studies reported decreased cortical thickness and decreased thalamus and amygdala volume. Diffusion tensor imaging studies showed abnormal diffusion within white matter tracts commonly associated with traumatic brain injury, including the corpus callosum (8 of the 18) and superior longitudinal fasciculus (8 of the 18). Resting-state fMRI studies reported a variety of functional network ...
https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/neuroimaging-in-blast-related-mild-traumatic-brain-injury
Full text of Nuclear survival manual : BOSDEC--the concrete curtainFull text of Nuclear survival manual : BOSDEC--the concrete curtain
NUCLEAR SURVIVAL MANUAL BOSDEC The Concrete Curtain JAMES R. FAIRLAMB From the collection of the z n z m o PreTinger I a v AJibrary San Francisco, California 2006 NUCLEAR SURVIVAL MANUAL BOSDEC - The Concrete Curtain NUCLEAR SURVIVAL MANUAL BOSDEC - THE CONCRETE CURTAIN BY JAMES R. FAIRLAMB FIRST EDITION PUBLISHERS DREXEL WINSLOW & FARRINGTON P. O. BOX 55 BUTLER, N. J. COPYRIGHT, JAMES R. FAIRLAMB 1963 All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or parts thereof in any form in any language. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 63-21932 Printed in the United States of America TKe Colonial Press Inc. Clinton, Mass. CONTENTS INDEX GUIDE PAGE Dedication 19 Foreword 21 CHAPTER 1 Surviving Immediate Effects of a Nuclear Explosion 27 SURVIVAL FOR ONE MINUTE THERMAL RADIATION Flash Fireball heat Afterwinds Firestorms Vaporization INITIAL NUCLEAR RADIATION BLAST Overpressure Air blast Mach front Blast wave Overpressure and wind velocity decay Blast winds Ground shock and Shockwaves ...
http://www.archive.org/stream/nuclearsurvivalm00fairrich/nuclearsurvivalm00fairrich_djvu.txt
Genetically Modified Mice Sniff Out Landmines | NextBigFuture.comGenetically Modified Mice Sniff Out Landmines | NextBigFuture.com
Scientists are engineering a real-life Mighty Mouse that will scurry through fields sniffing out hidden landmines thanks to olfactory superpowers.. The researchers, at Hunter College of the City University of New York, have genetically engineered the animals to be 500 times better equipped than their normal counterparts to sniff out landmine explosives. They hope that these hero mice could warn of buried bombs.. Hidden landmines are a deadly reality in nearly 70 countries globally, and detection and removal are expensive and dangerous. Currently, metal detectors, radar, magnetometers, and sniffer dogs are used to search for them.. A Belgian organization called APOPO already uses giant African pouched rats as a cheaper way to sniff out landmines. The rats are not genetically modified, but their sense of smell is sharp enough to detect TNT. The bomb-sniffing rats are taught to scratch the ground when they detect a hidden mine (fortunately, they are small enough not to set off the explosives). ...
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2012/10/genetically-modified-mice-sniff-out.html
Defense Department Creates Databases for Traumatic Brain Injury - Brain and Spinal CordDefense Department Creates Databases for Traumatic Brain Injury - Brain and Spinal Cord
The U.S. Department of Defense recently announced the development of databases that will be used to track brain injury cases. The databases will allow doctors and military officials to diagnose and treat injured soldiers from the battlefield to the hospital and back home. Adam Robinson, a Vice Admiral and the Navys surgeon general, announced the creation of a spreadsheet for the Marine Corps to report blast injuries. The announcement took place before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel on April 13, 2010, according to a Next Gov article.. After any head or blast injury takes place in combat zones, data on the soldier and the injury in question is entered into a permanent spreadsheet stored in the database to assist caregivers and military officials in better evaluating, treating, and following up with every soldier who has endured a potential brain injury, including those soldiers who may not have reported their own injuries to authorities.. The Marine Corps also ...
https://www.brainandspinalcord.org/defense-department-creates-databases-traumatic-brain-injury-0/
cyclopedia gewgaw: New chemical sensor makes finding landmines and buried IEDs easiercyclopedia gewgaw: New chemical sensor makes finding landmines and buried IEDs easier
Thursday, August 2, 2012 A chemical sensing system developed by engineers at the University of Connecticut is believed to be the first of its kind capable of detecting vapors from buried landmines and other explosive devices with the naked eye rather than advanced scientific instrumentation.. The research was first reported in the May 11, 2012 online edition of Advanced Functional Materials.. The key to the system is a fluorescent nanofiberous film that can detect ultra-trace levels of explosive vapors and buried explosives when applied to an area where explosives are suspected. A chemical reaction marking the location of the explosive device occurs when the film is exposed to handheld ultraviolet light.. The system can detect nitroaromatics such as those found in TNT and 2,4-DNT (the militarys primary explosive and the principle components in landmines) as well as the elements used in harder to detect plastic explosives such as HMX, RDX, Tetryl, and PETN. The ultra-sensitive system can detect ...
http://cyclopedia-gewgaw.blogspot.com/2012/08/new-chemical-sensor-makes-finding.html
National studies from the Netherlands and Finland and the impact of regulations on incidences of fireworks-related eye injuries...National studies from the Netherlands and Finland and the impact of regulations on incidences of fireworks-related eye injuries...
Fireworks-related eye injuries occur all over the world whenever fireworks are available for the public. The two prospective registers from Finland
https://www.springermedizin.de/national-studies-from-the-netherlands-and-finland-and-the-impact/17551984?fulltextView=true&doi=10.1007%2Fs00347-019-00996-4
Evaluation of Eye Injury Risk from Consumer FireworksEvaluation of Eye Injury Risk from Consumer Fireworks
Eye injuries affect approximately two million people annually. Various experimental studies have been performed to evaluate potentially injurious conditions from blunt objects using animal and human cadaver eyes. Experimental data from these studies have been used to develop injury risk curves to predict eye injuries based on projectile parameters such as kinetic energy and normalized energy. Recently, intraocular pressure (IOP) has been correlated to injury risk, which allows eye injuries to be predicted if projectile characteristics are unknown. Additionally, the measurement of IOP and the association of IOP to injury risk in experimental tests has opened up the field to studying eye injury mechanisms from overpressure. The current manuscript presents recent experimental tests that evaluated the response of human cadaver eyes exposed to firework overpressure. Consumer fireworks serve as a model of low level blast, and provides a foundation to studying higher blast overpressures (i.e., that ...
https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/handle/10919/23813
Ban urges ongoing efforts against use of landminesBan urges ongoing efforts against use of landmines
4 April 2010 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for continued efforts to rid the world of landmines and explosive remnants of war, and lauded mine action workers for their dedication despite the dangers posed by the indiscriminate weapons. Let us rededicate ourselves to this life-saving cause so that our children can live on a planet free from the threats caused by landmines and explosive remnants of war, Mr. Ban said in a message on the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. The Secretary-General said mines and unexploded ordnance clog roads in Afghanistan, Sudan, Cambodia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). They block access to schools and hospitals in Laos, Gaza and Nepal. The weapons continue to cause grievous injuries and death, hamper reconstruction in post-conflict zones, damage the environment and prevent economic development long after conflicts have ended, Mr. Ban said, noting, however, that the campaign against them was bearing ...
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2010/04/mil-100404-unnews01.htm
Brain Injuries With Similarities to Alzheimers Disease Could Be Caused By A Single Mild Blast ExposureBrain Injuries With Similarities to Alzheimers Disease Could Be Caused By A Single Mild Blast Exposure
Even a single mild explosion can cause changes in the brain that have similarities to those found in diseases like Alzheimers disease and chronic traumatic encephalopathy reveals a new study.
http://www.medindia.net/news/brain-injuries-with-similarities-to-alzheimers-disease-could-be-caused-by-a-single-mild-blast-exposure-125867-1.htm
Enhanced porosity preservation by pore fluid overpressure and chlorite grain coatings in the Triassic Skagerrak, Central Graben...Enhanced porosity preservation by pore fluid overpressure and chlorite grain coatings in the Triassic Skagerrak, Central Graben...
Current understanding of porosity preservation in deeply buried sandstone reservoirs tends to be focused on how diagenetic grain coatings of clay minerals and microquartz can inhibit macroquartz cementation. However, the importance of overpressure developed during initial (shallow) burial in maintaining high primary porosity during subsequent burial has generally not been appreciated. Where pore fluid pressures are high, and the vertical effective stress is low, the shallow arrest of compaction can allow preservation of high porosity and permeability at depths normally considered uneconomic. The deeply buried fluvial sandstone reservoirs of the Triassic Skagerrak Formation in the Central Graben, North Sea, show anomalously high porosities at depths greater than 3500 metres below sea floor (mbsf). Pore pressures can exceed 80 MPa in the upper part of the Skagerrak Formation at depths of 4000-5000 mbsf, where temperatures are above 140°C. The Skagerrak reservoirs commonly have high primary ...
http://dro.dur.ac.uk/17602/
Front Matter | Gulf War and Health: Volume 9: Long-Term Effects of Blast Exposures | The National Academies PressFront Matter | Gulf War and Health: Volume 9: Long-Term Effects of Blast Exposures | The National Academies Press
Read chapter Front Matter: Since the United States began combat operations in Afghanistan in October 2001 and then in Iraq in March 2003, the numbers of U...
https://www.nap.edu/read/18253/chapter/1
NFPA - Legal or not, fireworks are too risky for amateursNFPA - Legal or not, fireworks are too risky for amateurs
Permanent scarring, loss of vision, dismemberment - these are too often the harsh realities of amateur fireworks use. To keep the public safe from fireworks-related injuries and deaths, NFPA urges everyone to treat fireworks, whether legal or illegal for consumers, as suitable only for use by trained professionals.
https://www.nfpa.org/Public-Education/By-topic/Seasonal-fires/Fireworks/Legal-or-not-fireworks-are-too-risky-for-amateurs
Adding face shields to helmets could help avoid blast-induced brain injuries - Healthcanal.com : Healthcanal.comAdding face shields to helmets could help avoid blast-induced brain injuries - Healthcanal.com : Healthcanal.com
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - More than half of all combat-related injuries sustained by U.S. troops are the result of explosions, and many of those involve injuries to the head. According to the U.S. Department of Defense, about 130,000 U.S. service members deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan have sustained traumatic brain injuries - ranging from concussion to long-term brain damage and death - as a result of an explosion. Raul Radovitzky, an associate professor in MITs Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, is among the researchers looking at ways to prevent these injuries. In a paper published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, he and his colleagues report that adding a face shield to the standard-issue helmet worn by the vast majority of U.S. ground troops could significantly reduce traumatic brain injury, or TBI. The extra protection offered by such a shield is critical, the researchers say, because the face is the main pathway through which pressure waves from an ...
https://www.healthcanal.com/brain-nerves/12675-adding-face-shields-to-helmets-could-help-avoid-blast-induced-brain-injuries.html
Response by the Delegation of Malta to the Questionnaire on Anti-Personnel Mines and Explosive Remnants of War | OSCEResponse by the Delegation of Malta to the Questionnaire on Anti-Personnel Mines and Explosive Remnants of War | OSCE
The views, opinions, conclusions and other information expressed in this document are not given nor necessarily endorsed by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) unless the OSCE is explicitly defined as the Author of this document.. ...
https://www.osce.org/forum-for-security-cooperation/385311
Combat Veterans Brains Reveal Hidden Damage from IED Blasts - 01/14/2015Combat Veterans Brains Reveal Hidden Damage from IED Blasts - 01/14/2015
The brains of some Iraq and Afghanistan combat veterans who survived blasts from improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and died later of other causes show a distinctive honeycomb pattern of broken and swollen nerve fibers throughout critical brain regions, including those that control executive function. The pattern is different from brain damage caused by car crashes, drug overdoses or collision sports, and may be the never-before-reported signature of blast injuries suffered by soldiers as far back as World War I
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/combat_veterans_brains_reveal_hidden_damage_from_ied_blasts
Blast-related ocular trauma - WikipediaBlast-related ocular trauma - Wikipedia
Blast-related ocular trauma comprises a specialized group of penetrating and blunt force injuries to the eye and its structure caused by the detonation of explosive materials. The incidence of ocular trauma due to blast forces has increased dramatically with the introduction of new explosives technology into modern warfare. The availability of these volatile materials, coupled with the tactics of contemporary terrorism, has caused a rise in the number of homemade bombs capable of extreme physical harm. The United States Department of Defense classifies IEDs as explosive machines that are constructed exclusively (i.e., without mass production) and result in the direct physical harm of surrounding individuals. The use of these bombs by insurgents has been the number one cause of death and injury among Coalition soldiers since the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom in April 2003. Detonation of the IED occurs remotely or as victim-induced mechanical disturbance. Further classification of IEDs falls ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blast-related_ocular_trauma
Training teachers to deliver risk education - Examples of mainstreaming OSH into teacher training programmes - Safety and...Training teachers to deliver risk education - Examples of mainstreaming OSH into teacher training programmes - Safety and...
This report presents cases which involve training in-service and future teachers in either occupational safety and health (OSH) or in delivering risk education . Ideally, all teachers should receive training about OSH in their working lives and how to incorporate risk education into their daily work. If getting risk education properly embedded in the school curriculum is challenging, then it is even more difficult to get it into training programmes for future teachers. However, the cases present various approaches and methods that could be considered or elaborated upon.
https://osha.europa.eu/en/publications/training-teachers-deliver-risk-education-examples-mainstreaming-osh-teacher-training/view
Bees Used for Landmine DetectionBees Used for Landmine Detection
Using Bees for Landmine Detection: How It Works. Bees have an acute sense of smell, which enables them to find food. Taking advantage of this trait, a group of scientists, led by Jerry Bromenshenk and Joseph Shaw, have conditioned bees to interpret the scent of chemicals used in explosives as food. The association is established by adding traces of explosive by-products to bee feed.. Once the bees have been conditioned, the hungry swarm is let loose and tracked using lidar, a type of remote sensing that uses laser light. This technique is similar to sonar, which uses sound, and radar, which uses radio waves for tracking purposes.. Conditioned bees have shown a 97% or greater accuracy in finding landmines. Using similar conditioning methods, bees can also be used to detect bombs, drugs, and decomposing bodies. Although promising, the honey bee technique is subject to a couple of limitations:. ...
http://www.metaphoricalplatypus.com/articles/animals/bees/bees-used-for-landmine-detection/
Unexploded Ordnance Survey | UXO | DynasafeUnexploded Ordnance Survey | UXO | Dynasafe
Dynasafe carry out unexploded ordnance surveys (UXO survey). They use a number of techniques to include, technical/non-technical & intrusive/non-intrusive.
http://dynasafe.com/area-clearance/services/uxo-surveys
DHS General Protective Measures For Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Devices (VBIED) | Public IntelligenceDHS General Protective Measures For Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Devices (VBIED) | Public Intelligence
Background: Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Devices (VBIEDs) pose complex security challenges for all sectors. To reduce vulnerabilities from an attack using VBIEDs, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office for Bombing Prevention (OBP) recommends the protective measures listed below.. Scope: The principle objectives for implementing protective measures are to complicate attack planning and surveillance, protect potential targets, and mitigate the risk of attack. An effective approach should consider these phases:. a) Prevention. b) Assessment and Detection. c) Response. Prevention Phase. Security procedures that complicate attack planning and execution, increase public and responder safety in threat situations and promote consistent reporting of suspicious activities and vehicles.. • Establish a public awareness and vigilance campaign that re-enforces public awareness of a looming threat ...
https://publicintelligence.net/dhs-general-protective-measures-for-vehicle-borne-improvised-explosive-devices-vbied/
Police: Trail man fled deputy, had explosive device in vehicle - News - MailTribune.com - Medford, ORPolice: Trail man fled deputy, had explosive device in vehicle - News - MailTribune.com - Medford, OR
A Trail man was arrested on numerous charges Thursday night after plowing into a bank of mailboxes north of Shady Cove while fleeing from police with an improvised explosive device in his car, authorities allege.Robert Phillip Tallman, 30, was driving a blue 1995 Pontiac Firebird with no license plate on Meadow Lane near Highway 62 when a Jackson County sheriffs deputy tried to pull him over at about 10:20 p.m., according to a sheriffs office release.Tallman fled for a short distance before
http://www.mailtribune.com/news/20171103/police-trail-man-fled-deputy-had-explosive-device-in-vehicle
The Rise of Nuclear Fear-ATOMIC BOMB BLAST:The Blast Wave-Blast Effects on Humans-Electromagnetic Pulse-Nuclear Winter-THE END ...The Rise of Nuclear Fear-ATOMIC BOMB BLAST:The Blast Wave-Blast Effects on Humans-Electromagnetic Pulse-Nuclear Winter-THE END ...
Approximately 35 percent of the energy from a nuclear explosion is an intense burst of thermal radiation, i.e., heat. The effects are similar to the effect of a two-second flash from an enormous sunlamp. Since the thermal radiation travels at roughly the speed of light, the flash of light and heat precedes the blast wave by several seconds, just as lightning is seen before thunder is heard.. The visible light will produce flashblindness in people who are looking in the direction of the explosion. Flashblindness can last for several minutes, after which recovery is total. If the flash is focused through the lens of the eye, a permanent retinal burn will result. At Hiroshima and Nagasaki, there were many cases of flashblindness, but only one case of retinal burn, among the survivors. On the other hand, anyone flashblinded while driving a car could easiIy cause permanent injury to himself and to others.. Skin burns result from higher intensities of light, and therefore take place closer to the ...
https://www.newsprepper.com/rise-nuclear-fear-atomic-bomb-blastthe-blast-wave-blast-effects-humans-electromagnetic-pulse-nuclear-winter-end/
Bottle Rockets Can Cause Serious Eye Injuries In Children - RedorbitBottle Rockets Can Cause Serious Eye Injuries In Children - Redorbit
Bottle rockets can cause significant eye injuries in children, often leading to permanent loss of vision, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the May print issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.. Of the estimated 9,200 emergency department admissions resulting from fireworks-related injuries each year, about 1,400 cases involve the eyes, according to background information in the article. A disproportionate number of these injuries are caused by bottle rockets. Bottle rockets are about half the size of a normal firework and consist of three main parts: an explosive-filled core, a nose cone that guides the fireworks flight and a guide stick, which stabilizes the rocket. Injuries may result from direct high-velocity contact with the intact rocket, from parts of the rocket that may break off during flight or from neighboring debris propelled by the force of the rockets combustion, the authors write.. Mehnaz Kahn, M.S., and colleagues at ...
http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1976777/bottle_rockets_can_cause_serious_eye_injuries_in_children/
Cardiovascular Disease | CirculationCardiovascular Disease | Circulation
The armed conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have brought new realities to military medicine in the types of battlefield injuries experienced by our soldiers, transitioning from the traditional predominance of penetrating wounds to a high proportion of blast injuries leading to multisystem trauma. Another change was a clear victory-startling success to unprecedented heights in the survival of battlefield casualties resulting from a highly coordinated and rapid escalation of care from the conflict theater to definitive life-saving interventions. As these conflicts now wind down, a reasonable question turns to the long-term medical impact to the fighting force to whom we, as a nation, pledge our support in sustaining their care in gratitude for their personal sacrifices. Among injuries exacting a long-term toll, traumatic brain injury has received considerable attention, as it should. However, the impacts of traumatic brain injury tend to be identifiable and relatively immediately apparent. In ...
http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/132/22/2106
Living with Landmines by Peter DudleyLiving with Landmines by Peter Dudley
Living With Landmines By Peter Dudley Published in The Pioneer, Oct. 29, 2005 Twenty kilometres outside the city of Pursat, Cambodia and off the two-lane highway is a place that does not show up on Fodors list of must-sees. A three-hour drive northwest of the capital of Phnom Penh, the small farming community of Svay Chhrum is much like other small villages in Cambodia. The dirt road into the village is rust red and full of potholes. It has not rained in months and in the 39c heat, the earth is cracked and split open. Cattle cross the road at will, oblivious to oncoming traffic.. There was a time when neither human nor beast could walk freely here. Landmines dictated movement. Finally, in 2002, the Cambodia Mine Action Centre (CMAC) came and demined the village. The mines may be gone but the consequences remain.. Under the thatched roof of a large open-air hut, a group of villagers converses with each other and the owner of the property, Seng Sopheap. The 37-year-old divorced mother of one sits ...
http://canadianfilm.com/research/living_landmines.htm
Dr. Gene C. Gurkoff - CBST WebsiteDr. Gene C. Gurkoff - CBST Website
Research interests and projects in the Neurotrauma labs include:. The neurotrauma has a wide-range of research interests. Some of the projects are translational with the goal of implementing our findings in the lab to patients in the ICU. Two current studies are investigating therapies to reduce neuronal toxicity following traumatic brain injury, especially in the cases where patients have a secondary insult such as ischemia, hypoxia or seizures. Additionally the lab is developing a model of neuromodulation (deep brain stimulation) to see if driving specific areas of the injured brain can restore function. The lab is also collaborating with members of the Lawrence Livermore National Lab to develop a sensor which could be used to better assess the forces involved in mechanical and blast injuries that are prevelant in sports and battle-field related injuries respectively.. The neurotrauma labs along with CBST also have an ongoing collaboration with Banyan Biomarkers Inc. in Gainesville Florida. ...
http://www.cbst.ucdavis.edu/research/meet-the-researcher/dr-gene-c-gurkoff
July 4th Emergency First Aid - WKRG News 5July 4th Emergency First Aid - WKRG News 5
Fireworks are a July 4th tradition. They can be beautiful, but they can also be dangerous if not handled properly. So instructors at University Hospital are teaching members of the community how to stop the bleed.. Around 280 people visit emergency rooms every day with fireworks-related injuries in the month around the July 4th holiday. Thats according to the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission. Burns usually show up on hands, fingers, and legs.. If youre shooting fireworks at your home, its a good idea to know how to apply a tourniquet ...
https://www.wkrg.com/special-reports/july-4th-safety/july-4th-emergency-first-aid/
An experimental and kinetic modeling study of the pyrolysis and oxidation of n-C-3-C-5 aldehydes in shock tubesAn experimental and kinetic modeling study of the pyrolysis and oxidation of n-C-3-C-5 aldehydes in shock tubes
Due to the increasing interest in the use of biofuels for energy production, it is of great importance to better understand the combustion and thermal decomposition characteristics of species such as aldehydes. These are known to be key intermediate products of transport fossil and bio-fuels combustion and are also dangerous pollutants emitted from combustion in internal combustion engines and from gasification of biomasses. In this study, an experimental and kinetic modeling investigation of propanal, n-butanal and n-pentanal pyrolysis and oxidation in two shock tube facilities was carried out. Experiments were performed in a single pulse shock tube to determine the speciation profiles of the fuels and intermediate species under pyrolysis conditions for mixture of pure propanal/n-butanal/n-pentanal (3%)-Ar (97%), at averaged reflected pressure of 1.9 atm and at reflected shock temperatures of 972-1372 K. Additionally, ignition delay times for mixtures of pure propanal/n-butanal/n-pentanal ...
https://aran.library.nuigalway.ie/handle/10379/6122
Category: Personal Insurance - Strive Insurance Group, Inc. | Home, Auto, Business & Life InsuranceCategory: Personal Insurance - Strive Insurance Group, Inc. | Home, Auto, Business & Life Insurance
We are approaching our nations birthday, July 4th, and we hope everyone has a great day of celebration with friends and family. In 2020 over 5,800 people went to the emergency room as a result of fireworks-related injuries. There were an estimated 13,750 reported fires started by fireworks. These fires resulted in an estimated eight reported deaths, and $40 million in direct property damage. This is why it is a good idea to have a free home insurance review and quote, call us today ...
http://www.striveinsurance.com/blog/category/personal-insurance
Traumatic InjuryTraumatic Injury
Traumatic Injury is a chapter in the book, Emergency Medicine, containing the following 10 pages: Penetrating Trauma, Motor Vehicle Accident, Trauma Transfer, Near-Hanging, Mass Casualty Incident, Blast Injury, Trauma Evaluation, Trauma History, Secondary Trauma Evaluation, Diagnostic Testing in Trauma.
https://fpnotebook.com/legacy/ER/Trauma/index.htm
Traumatic InjuryTraumatic Injury
Traumatic Injury is a chapter in the book, Emergency Medicine, containing the following 9 pages: Trauma Evaluation, Trauma History, Secondary Trauma Evaluation, Diagnostic Testing in Trauma, Penetrating Trauma, Mass Casualty Incident, Blast Injury, Trauma Transfer, Near-Hanging.
http://www.fpnotebook.com/ER/Trauma/index.htm
HealthHub | Brigham and Womens Hospital Health Blog » Archives Avoiding Burn Injuries from Sparklers - HealthHub | Brigham...HealthHub | Brigham and Womens Hospital Health Blog » Archives Avoiding Burn Injuries from Sparklers - HealthHub | Brigham...
On the 4th of July, Marissa Keane, a former Project Manager in the Marketing Department at Brigham and Womens Hospital (BWH), was looking forward to relaxing with friends and family at a celebration in a nearby state. Instead, her evening ended with second-degree burns and a visit to an urgent care center.. During the festivities, someone standing near Marissa began waving a sparkler. The motion cast off a spark onto Marissas clothing, which were made of flammable material. Fortunately, Marissa noticed what happened before her blouse completely ignited. Still, she suffered a serious burn on her chest that required medical treatment.. Marissas experience is an important reminder about the dangers of sparklers, an iconic symbol of July 4th celebrations. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, fireworks-related injuries result in an average of 240 daily visits to the emergency room in the thirty days surrounding the July 4th holiday. Nearly one-third of these injuries are due to ...
http://healthhub.brighamandwomens.org/deceptively-dangerous-avoiding-burn-injuries-from-sparklers
Body armor - WikipediaBody armor - Wikipedia
After the Vietnam War, military planners developed a concept of Casualty Reduction.[31] The large body of casualty data made clear that in a combat situation, fragments, not bullets, were the greatest threat to soldiers. After WWII vests were being developed and fragment testing was in its early stages.[32] Artillery shells, mortar shells, aerial bombs, grenades, and antipersonnel mines are all fragmentation devices. They all contain a steel casing that is designed to burst into small steel fragments or shrapnel, when their explosive core detonates. After considerable effort measuring fragment size distribution from various NATO and Soviet Bloc munitions, a fragment test was developed. Fragment simulators were designed and the most common shape is a Right Circular Cylinder or RCC simulator. This shape has a length equal to its diameter. These RCC Fragment Simulation Projectiles (FSPs) are tested as a group. The test series most often includes 2 grain (0.13 g), 4 grain (0.263 g), 16 grain (1.0 ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_armor
CFO Press Release 7/1/2002 Gallagher: Celebrate the Fourth of July SafelyCFO Press Release 7/1/2002 Gallagher: Celebrate the Fourth of July Safely
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission estimates that in the year 2000 about 11,000 people were treated in hospital emergency rooms for fireworks-related injuries. Half of those reported injured were children 14 years and younger. The most common injuries were to the hands, face and eyes. Ten people were reported to have died from their injuries ...
https://www.myfloridacfo.com/sitePages/newsroom/pressRelease.aspx?id=1255
Two killed in landmine blast in NigeriaTwo killed in landmine blast in Nigeria
Kano, Nigeria , AFP , Two people were killed when a convoy of civilian vehicles hit landmines in northeast Nigeria, a driver and a local militia member said on Wednesday.. Babakura Kolo, from the Civilian Joint Task Force helping the military with security, said the blasts happened at Koibe village on the Mafa to Dikwa road in Borno state.. In the first incident which occurred around 12:00 pm (1100 GMT) a car carrying five people hit a mine. Two people died and three others sustained injuries, he told AFP.. Three minutes later a truck carrying passengers hit another explosive, resulting in the several injuries among the passengers. It is not clear how many people were wounded.. A driver who gave his name only as Umar corroborated the account.. The vehicles were under military escort and heading from the Borno state capital to Dikwa 90 kilometres (50 miles) away at the time.. Nigerias military has said roads are reopened to traffic in and out of Maiduguri but many routes still require ...
https://www.independent.co.ug/two-killed-landmine-blast-nigeria-militia/
Landmine Umbrella: Not for a day at the beach - Crisis MedicineLandmine Umbrella: Not for a day at the beach - Crisis Medicine
When a casualty steps on a blast mine or is very close to an explosive charge, the explosive force travels up the leg/limb of the casualty stripping skin, fascia, and muscle off the bone. This is similar to blunt dissecting in medicine, where we use fingers or a hand to separate tissue along fascial plains. How is this important to casualty management? The partially detached skin, muscle, and fascia expand up and out from the foot/leg like opening an umbrella, hence the term landmine umbrella. The resulting injury extends much more proximally (up the limb) than initially clinically apparent.. Once the pressure wave dissipates, the partially detached and expanded tissue flops back down around the remaining leg, like closing an umbrella. Sometimes, this tissue can appear viable and leads rescuers to place a tourniquet for the amputation, but improperly just a few inches proximal to the apparent amputation, without realizing the actual tissue destruction goes much higher, generally to the ...
https://www.crisis-medicine.com/landmine-umbrella-not-for-a-day-at-the-beach/
Exposure to bomb blasts may cause brain injury in vets -- without symptoms | Fox NewsExposure to bomb blasts may cause brain injury in vets -- without symptoms | Fox News
New research has revealed that veterans exposed explosive bomb blasts are still at risk of damage in their brains white matter - even when brain injury symptoms do not present.
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/03/04/exposure-to-bomb-blasts-may-cause-brain-injury-in-vets-with-no-symptoms.html
litigationsupport-personalinjurycases - riccollinslitigationsupport-personalinjurycases - riccollins
1. Blast waves and Explosions - Published research studies in gas dynamics ¨ Shock Physics: Development and implementation of experimental programs for generating cylindrical explosions by strong electrical discharge into stoichiometric mixtures of hydrogen and oxygen. High speed rotating drum and multi-spark Schlieren photography. Analysis of results within a framework of wave propagation theory.. ¨ Nuclear Explosions at the Ocean Surface: Theoretical analysis of shock wave propagation with special attention to the air-water interface.. ¨ Shock Wave Propagation of arbitrary strength into regions of non-uniform density separated by a free surface - Analytical and numerical techniques based on the method of characteristics.. ¨ Breakup of liquid droplets released into high-speed gas flows (2 to 5 km/sec) - analysis subsequently corroborated by. experiments.. ¨ Fluid-Shell Interactions: Theoretical analysis of the dynamic response of a submerged structure to underwater explosions - numerical ...
https://sites.google.com/site/riccollins/litigationsupport-personalinjurycases
Bus landmine blast in eastern Ukraine kills at least 4 - police - RT World NewsBus landmine blast in eastern Ukraine kills at least 4 - police - RT World News
At least 4 people were killed when a minibus tried to skip a line of vehicles at a checkpoint in eastern Ukraine and hit a landmine, local authorities reported.
https://www.rt.com/news/332058-ukraine-bus-mine-blast/
Landmine and Cluster Munition MonitorLandmine and Cluster Munition Monitor
At the First Review Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, Yemen was identified as one of 24 States Parties with significant numbers of mine survivors and the greatest responsibility to act, but also the greatest needs and expectations for assistance in providing adequate services for the care, rehabilitation and reintegration of survivors.[123] As part of its commitment to the Nairobi Action Plan, Yemen prepared its 2005-2009 objectives for the Sixth Meeting of States Parties in Zagreb. The objectives included: developing a nationwide landmine surveillance system (2006); providing and financing emergency and ongoing medical care, as well as physical rehabilitation, for 2,000 survivors by 2009; evaluating and finding ways to improve health infrastructure, rehabilitation services and coordination, starting in 2006; determining what counseling services are needed and can be established; establishing six new vocational training centers and economically reintegrate 500 survivors by 2009; and implementing ...
http://archives.the-monitor.org/index.php/publications/display?url=lm/2006/yemen.html
Electrical burnElectrical burn
". "Burn Injury Facts: Arc Flash/ Blast" (PDF). Hazard Prevention. April 2006. pp. 1-2. Furtak, M.; Silecky, L. (2012). " ... One third of all electrical traumas and most high-voltage injuries are job related, and more than 50% of these injuries result ... Forceful propulsion of the body, producing such injuries as spinal and limb fractures. These injuries must be treated in ... "Children with burn injuries-assessment of trauma, neglect, violence and abuse". Journal of Injury and Violence Research. 3 (2 ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_burn
PneumothoraxPneumothorax
A traumatic pneumothorax can develop from physical trauma to the chest (including a blast injury) or from a complication of a ... Traumatic pneumothorax may also be observed in those exposed to blasts, even though there is no apparent injury to the chest. ... Wolf, Stephen J.; Bebarta, Vikhyat S.; Bonnett, Carl J.; Pons, Peter T.; Cantrill, Stephen V. (August 2009). "Blast injuries". ... Injury. 49 (3): 457-466. doi:10.1016/j.injury.2018.01.033. PMID 29433802. "UOTW #6 - Ultrasound of the Week". Ultrasound of the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumothorax
2002 in Afghanistan2002 in Afghanistan
One soldier suffered an eye injury and the other a leg injury. Their Afghan interpreter also was injured. Amir Mohammad was ... Neither blast caused casualties. Two rockets exploded near a U.S. base at Orgun, about 110 miles (180 km) south of Kabul. One ... No injuries were reported. Afghan security officials in Jalalabad found two bombs connected to timers set to go off in a busy ... the blasts occurred late Monday in the vicinity of bases housing most of the troops from the 22-nation contingent. Hamid Karzai ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_in_Afghanistan
18 February 2007 Baghdad bombings18 February 2007 Baghdad bombings
"Blast kills Iraqi player". The New York Times. 20 February 2007. Retrieved 1 August 2011. "Iraqi Player Dies of Blast Injuries ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18_February_2007_Baghdad_bombings
Hydrogen safetyHydrogen safety
The blast was felt several miles away, damaging about 60 homes. No injuries from the explosion were reported. The incident is ... The resulting blast was felt 40 km away, and destroyed several neighbouring hangars and zeppelins within.[citation needed] ... "Hydrogen blast led to deaths at US silicones plant". Chemical & Engineering News. Retrieved 2020-01-06.. ... "Ohio Power Plant Blast Kills 1, Hurts 9". Associated Press. Retrieved 2008-05-09 ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_explosion
Defence Research and Development CanadaDefence Research and Development Canada
Casualty management/blast injury research; Autonomous systems operations (ground and air); and, CBRNE Defence Training The ... Blast threat mitigation and assessment; Advanced energetics; Medical countermeasures; Modelling and analysis of threats; ... Research Centre is a Canadian centre of excellence for chemical and biological defence and has research programs in blast, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defence_Research_and_Development_Canada
Timeline of Continuity IRA actionsTimeline of Continuity IRA actions
The blast caused widespread damage but no injuries. 20 March: A bomb was left in the Northern Bank on Guildhall Square, Derry, ... Two blast bombs and several petrol bombs were thrown at PSNI officers. Six officers suffered minor injuries. 31 May: The CIRA ... 5 November: The CIRA claimed responsibility for a blast-bomb attack against Lurgan PSNI base. There were no injuries.[citation ... The blast damaged gates and fencing. 22 April: police intercepted a van bomb in Belfast they believed was to be used in attack ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Continuity_IRA_actions
Timeline of Real Irish Republican Army actionsTimeline of Real Irish Republican Army actions
The blast caused widespread damage but no injuries. 10 March: There was a barrack buster attack on the RUC base on Newry Road ... A rear door was blown off and a passing car was damaged, but there were no injuries. The RIRA said it had fired an "EFP mortar- ... There were no injuries but the PSNI claimed the police officers were very lucky to escape. The New IRA claimed responsibility ... The blast caused widespread damage. 23 February: Following a telephoned warning, a 300 lb car bomb exploded near the RUC base ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Real_Irish_Republican_Army_actions
2014-15 Chicago Bulls season2014-15 Chicago Bulls season
While Noah missed his second game, Rose returned from his ankle injury. Rose's ankle injury would result in the cover of the ... Massey, Evan (November 5, 2014). "Derrick Rose: Chicago Paper Puts PG On Blast". Fansided.com. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved ... Injury would strike again as Butler would sprain his elbow he would have an MRI revealing that Butler would miss 3-4 weeks. ... Despite Butlers injury there were positives as Nikola Mirotic would shine and score 29 points. With the regular season over, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014–15_Chicago_Bulls_season
2018 Gibraltar Open2018 Gibraltar Open
"Murphy An Injury Doubt For Llandudno". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 12 March 2018. ... "Rock Blast For Dynamite Day". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 11 March 2018. Retrieved ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Gibraltar_Open
Abu Musab al-ZarqawiAbu Musab al-Zarqawi
"Zarqawi 'died of blast injuries'". BBC News. June 15, 2006. Retrieved June 18, 2006. Ververs, Vaughn (June 12, 2006). "There ... military revealed that the cause of death to Zarqawi was a blast injury to the lungs but he took nearly an hour to die. The U.S ... All others in the house died immediately in the blasts. On June 12, 2006, it was reported that an autopsy performed by the U.S ... There are reports that a local hospital treated a man, suspected to be Zarqawi, with severe injuries. He was also said to have ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Musab_al-Zarqawi
List of pipeline accidentsList of pipeline accidents
CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link) "No injuries reported in Neb. gas pipeline blast , Local News - KETV Home". Ketv.com. ... There were no injuries. 2007: A crude oil pipeline owned and operated by Kinder Morgan Energy Partners was ruptured by an ... There were no injuries. 2014: On April 2, a pipeline failed, and spilled 337 barrels of oil and processed water, northwest of ... No injuries were reported but the fire burned for more than 12 hours. 2014 (Feb) In Knifely, Adair County, Kentucky, a Columbia ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pipeline_accidents
2020 Beirut explosion2020 Beirut explosion
"Lebanon blast: Five Indians suffered minor injuries, says MEA". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 9 August ... died on 31 August from injuries sustained from the blast. The explosion overturned cars and stripped steel-framed buildings of ... The blast was also felt across Turkey, Syria, Israel, the West Bank and parts of Europe, and was heard in Cyprus, more than 240 ... Experts from the Blast and Impact Research Group at the University of Sheffield estimated that the explosion was one of the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Beirut_explosion
Death of Phamon PhonphanitDeath of Phamon Phonphanit
"Journalist dies from bomb blast injuries". IFEX. Retrieved 2012-04-24. "IFJ.org - Asia & Pacific - IFJ Mourns Death of ... He died later from injuries sustained while covering a bombing on September 16, 2011. He is now buried at Wat Khok Khien. On 16 ... The three bombs caused around 118 injuries and six deaths in the heavily populated area. Four people died at the scene and 2 ... Nuansakul, Narong (2011-09-25). "Journalist becomes the sixth victim of Sungai Kolok blasts". Nationmultimedia.com. Retrieved ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Phamon_Phonphanit
Elkridge, MarylandElkridge, Maryland
Louise Vest (February 19, 2015). "Fire, Blast At Savage Injuries Nine; One Dead". The Baltimore Sun. Howard County Historical ... ARRESTS OF 30 SPEEDERS Maryland Authorities Take Drastic Steps to Put End to Fatalities and Injuries on the Baltimore- ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elkridge,_Maryland
Geoffrey LingGeoffrey Ling
"Explosive Blast Traumatic Brain Injury" (PDF). Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Retrieved June 3, 2013.[ ... prevention of explosive blast traumatic brain injury, Revolutionizing Prostheses (RP), development of responsive, brain- ... His medical studies of the war in Afghanistan and Iraq show that over 50% of those who died of wounds had head injuries. Prior ... He was considered to be the "US Army's premier subject matter expert on traumatic brain injury (TBI)", and was for years the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Ling
2016 New York and New Jersey bombings2016 New York and New Jersey bombings
Eversley, Melanie; McCoy, Kevin (September 17, 2016). "Big blast, 29 injuries in NYC; pressure cooker device removed nearby". ... Most injuries were scrapes and bruises caused by flying debris and glass. None of the injuries were ultimately life-threatening ... None of the officers' injuries or conditions were serious. During the shootout, Rahimi was shot at least seven times, hit in ... "Chelsea bomber" Ahmad Khan Rahimi gets life in prison for NYC, N.J. blasts". CBS News. February 13, 2018. Archived from the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_New_York_and_New_Jersey_bombings
June 2011 Peshawar bombingsJune 2011 Peshawar bombings
"Deadly blasts at market in Pakistani city of Peshawar". BBC. 12 June 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011. "Twin blasts in Peshawar of ... "Young reporter dies from bomb injuries, media hounded throughout country". Reporters Without Borders. 21 June 2011. Retrieved ... "34 killed, 94 injured in twin blasts in Pakistani market". CNN. Retrieved 12 June 2011. "Peshawar Cantt blasts: Taliban deny ... About 10 kilograms (22 lb) of explosives were used in the second blast according to officials. Police and rescue teams soon ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_2011_Peshawar_bombings
Pulmonary contusionPulmonary contusion
... the organs most vulnerable to blast injuries are those that contain gas, such as the lungs. Blast lung is severe pulmonary ... Injuries to the chest wall are also distinct from but may be associated with lung injuries. Chest wall injuries include rib ... ISBN 1-85996-009-X. Fish RM (2003). "Diagnosis and treatment of blast injury". In Fish RM, Geddes LA, Babbs CF. Medical and ... Special body armor has been designed for military personnel at high risk for blast injuries; these garments can prevent a shock ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_contusion
2011 Minsk Metro bombing2011 Minsk Metro bombing
The device had been a nail bomb; most of the injuries from the blast were caused by shrapnel. It is believed that the explosive ... "Not only from the blast. People also received injuries from objects that fell from the ceiling." Following the attacks, the ... The blast was equivalent to five to seven kilograms of TNT. According to Interfax, the bomb was partially composed of fragments ... Another 30 suffered injuries of moderate severity. A national day of mourning was declared for 13 April 2011. Black ribbons ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Minsk_Metro_bombing
List of clashes in the North Caucasus in 2009List of clashes in the North Caucasus in 2009
The blast killed 1 bystander and wounded six police officers, as well as three medical personnel. According to the initial ... In the Stavropol territory, the chairman of a district court received multiple injuries in a grenade attack, he was later ... The blast caused no casualties. November 27 - In the center of Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria, a skirmish occurred, which killed 1 ... The blast reportedly injured one policeman. Militants based in the North Caucasus have claimed responsibility for the murder ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_clashes_in_the_North_Caucasus_in_2009
OlfactionOlfaction
... traumatic brain injury in blast-injured combat troops". Neurology. 84 (15). doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000001475. PMID 25788559.. ... Some causes include upper respiratory infections, traumatic brain injury, and neurodegenerative disease.[5][6] ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olfaction
Informal Anarchist FederationInformal Anarchist Federation
"Rome Embassy Blasts Wound 2; Anarchists Suspected". National Public Radio. Retrieved 23 December 2010. "Anarchists Claim ... "Grenade Thrown At Russian Consulate In Greece; No Injuries Reported". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Archived from the ... "Greek Anarchists Claim Russian Consulate Grenade Blast". Voice of America News. Archived from the original on 2021-02-09. ... Niki Kitsantonis (30 December 2010). "Bomb Blast Damages Athens Court Building". The New York Times. Archived from the original ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informal_Anarchist_Federation
ScorponokScorponok
... fights madly, ignoring all injuries to himself. While the other Autobots defend Vector Prime tries to get the nearby ... The autoguns come online and blast Scorponok. Energon Ultra Scorponok A Triple Changer. Cybertron Ultra Dark Scorponok Energon ... with claws that can crush mountains and a tail that fires deadly electric blasts. His third mode is a defense base, outfitted ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorponok
Timeline of the Troubles in BritainTimeline of the Troubles in Britain
Thatcher managed to escape with very minor injuries, but five people were killed in the blast and over 30 were injured, some ... "1974: Bomb blast at the Tower of London". 17 July 1974 - via news.bbc.co.uk. "I.R.A. Admits Planting Bomb on British Plane". ... No injuries. 24 August - Two people are injured from a letter bomb sent to the London Stock Exchange. They were the first ... No deaths or injuries. August - In August 1974 the Provisional IRA's Balcombe Street Gang was sent to London as "sleeper cells ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Troubles_in_Britain
Borussia Dortmund team bus bombingBorussia Dortmund team bus bombing
A policeman suffered blast injury and shock; he was escorting the bus on a motorcycle. It is considered very likely that ... "New message claims responsibility for Dortmund blast". Die Welt. 15 April 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017. Oltermann, Philip; ... Connolly, Kate (12 April 2017). "Borussia Dortmund blasts: suspect 'from Islamist spectrum' detained". The Guardian. ISSN 0261- ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borussia_Dortmund_team_bus_bombing
Crush syndromeCrush syndrome
"Blast Injuries: Crush Injury & Crush Syndrome" (PDF). Centers for Disease Control. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03- ... is a medical condition characterized by major shock and kidney failure after a crushing injury to skeletal muscle. Crush injury ... Immediate untreated crush syndrome death is caused by severe head injury, torso injury with damaged abdominal organs, and ... It is a reperfusion injury that appears after the release of the crushing pressure. The mechanism is believed to be the release ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crush_syndrome
India-Israel relationsIndia-Israel relations
"Blast outside Israeli Embassy, no injuries reported". The Hindu. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021. "Minor IED ... "Minor Blast Near Israel Embassy Sparks Scare In Delhi's VIP Zone". NDTV. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021. "Blast ... A minor blast took place outside the Israeli embassy in Delhi on 29 January 2021 when two country celebrate 29th anniversary of ... "Low-intensity IED blast near Israeli embassy in Delhi, 3 cars damaged; 'mischievous attempt', says police". Times Now. 29 ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India–Israel_relations
List of pipeline accidents in the United States in 1995List of pipeline accidents in the United States in 1995
Loup, Rich (March 20, 1995). "Gas line explodes *** Blast frightens rural residents; no injuries noted". Advocate. "Star-News ... There were no injuries reported. 1995 On March 27, a bulldozer operator ruptured a 40-inch gas transmission pipeline in ... 1995 A 26-inch gas transmission pipeline ruptured and burned near Castle Rock, Washington on March 6. There were no injuries. ... A "significant incident" results in any of the following consequences: Fatality or injury requiring in-patient hospitalization ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pipeline_accidents_in_the_United_States_in_1995
PaleolithicPaleolithic
Thus, a thrown hand axe would not usually have penetrated deeply enough to cause very serious injuries. Nevertheless, it could ... finished off by a blast in the lungs, and ritualistically worshipped near a clay bear statue covered by a bear fur with the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleolithic
Dennis KucinichDennis Kucinich
"US Democratic hopeful Kucinich meets Assad, blasts Bush". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2007-09-10.. [permanent dead link] ... he sued a Capitol Hill cafeteria for damages after a 2008 incident in which he claimed to have suffered a severe injury when he ... US Democratic hopeful Kucinich meets Assad, blasts Bush, The Jerusalem Post, September 6, 2007 ... "Kucinich & Braun Blast ABC For Reducing Campaign Coverage." Archived 2007-11-18 at the Wayback Machine Democracy Now! December ...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Kucinich
British AirwaysBritish Airways
There were no fatalities, but there was one serious injury and 12 minor injuries. The accident was caused by icing in the fuel ... Unite also blasted BA of removing staff travel concessions, bonus payments and other benefits to all cabin crew who undertook ... There were no fatalities or injuries.[175]. *On 10 June 1990, British Airways Flight 5390, a BAC One-Eleven flight between ... All 157 passengers and 13 crew escaped the aircraft, at least 14 people sustaining minor injuries.[182][183][184] ...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways
Inferno (Marvel Comics)Inferno (Marvel Comics)
Cyclops blasts Sinister to a smolder. Despite all of the destruction and death, many human Inferno survivors are convinced it ... The composition of his body means he is resistant to injury.. *Bob: Blue skinned, can create miniature duplicates from his ... Capable of emitting a highly destructive energy blast from face. Due to the nature of his mutation, he is deaf, blind and mute ... Bionic cranio-facial plate allows him to control his blasts.. *Scab: Forms durable armor plating when his blood is exposed to ...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferno_
John GortonJohn Gorton
"Hughes's wintry blast for the undertaker PM". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 June 2002. Retrieved 14 February 2016.. ... He suffered severe facial injuries in a crash landing on Bintan Island in 1942, and whilst being evacuated; his ship was ... During late 1944 Gorton went to Heidelberg Hospital for surgery which could not fully repair his facial injuries; he was left ...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gorton
Joint dislocationJoint dislocation
"Injury. 41 (4): 329-334. doi:10.1016/j.injury.2009.08.007.. *^ Ringleb, Stacie I.; Dhakal, Ajaya; Anderson, Claude D.; Bawab, ... Many different knee injuries can happen. Three percent of knee injuries are acute traumatic patellar dislocations.[25] Because ... as injury to these structures may occur during the injury or during the reduction process.[3] Subsequent imaging studies are ... "Acromioclavicular injury , Radiology Reference Article , Radiopaedia.org". radiopaedia.org. Retrieved 2018-02-21.. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_dislocation
Miss AmericaMiss America
"Miss Florida, Despite Knee Injury, Wins Miss America Talent Competition". ABC News. September 13, 2013. Retrieved 2014-06-12.. ... Argetsinger, Amy (2018-08-17). "'No Miss America should be humiliated': Before giving up crown, Cara Mund blasts pageant ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ms._America
Materials scienceMaterials science
Thus, the extracting and purifying methods used to extract iron in a blast furnace can affect the quality of steel that is ... causing personal injury or damage to property. Such investigations are key to understanding, for example, the causes of various ... Thus ingot casting, foundry methods, blast furnace extraction, and electrolytic extraction are all part of the required ...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Materials_science
Southern Pacific Transportation CompanySouthern Pacific Transportation Company
The Star's coverage was extensive and its editorial blasted the criminal elements behind the wreck:. The man or men who ... He accused the company of not providing him with medical care while he was recuperating from his on-the-job injury and then not ... Ricketts subsequently succumbed to his injuries three days later in the hospital.[13] ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Pacific_Railroad
Jewish insurgency in Mandatory PalestineJewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine
Although two others in the car were wounded, MacMichael escaped serious injury.[44] The authorities subsequently imposed a ... After breaking through the peripheral fortifications and cutting through barbed wire, they blasted through a protective law[ ... Throughout the following days three military and police vehicles were mined, causing a number of injuries, and the Hadera ... Blast Set by Irgun to Speed Army Exit NY Times, September 30, 1947 ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_insurgency_in_Palestine
Death of Caylee AnthonyDeath of Caylee Anthony
"We know by our observations that it's a red flag when a child has not been reported to authorities with injury, there's foul ... "Casey Anthony not guilty verdict shocks media; attorneys blast 'talking heads'". Washington Post. Retrieved July 6, 2011 ... "Anthony lawyers blast cable news after acquittal". Yahoo.com. Retrieved July 6, 2011 ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_Anthony_trial
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseChronic obstructive pulmonary disease
"WHO Disease and injury country estimates". World Health Organization. 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-11-11. Retrieved ... blast".[186] The term "chronic bronchitis" came into use in 1808[187] while the term "COPD" is believed to have first been used ... GBD 2015 Disease and Injury Incidence and Prevalence Collaborators (October 2016). "Global, regional, and national incidence, ... prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COPD
InjuryInjury
... from internal causes such as reperfusion injury. By locationEdit. *Wound, an injury in which skin is torn, cut or ... Illness and injuries during spaceflight. Injury severity scoreEdit. The injury severity score (ISS) is a medical score to ... Repetitive strain injury or other strain injury. *Other injuries from external physical causes, such as radiation poisoning, ... Traumatic injury, a body wound or shock produced by sudden physical collision or movement[9]*Avulsion injury ...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Injury
Combustibility and flammabilityCombustibility and flammability
Investigation of 200 dust explosions and fires, between 1980 to 2005, indicated approximately 100 fatalities and 600 injuries.[ ... Finely divided wood dust can undergo explosive combustion and produce a blast wave. A piece of paper (made from wood) catches ... North Carolina resulted in the deaths of six workers and injuries to 38 others.[12]:104 In February 2008 an explosion of sugar ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combustible
BiomarkerBiomarker
... close head injury [CHI], penetrating ballistic brain injury [PBBI], or blast overpressure wave brain injury [OBI]). (8) The ... dendritic injury, neuronal cell body injury, demyelination, synaptic injury and astroglia injury, and microglia responses. ... Neurotrauma : a comprehensive textbook on traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury. Wang, Kevin K. W. New York: Oxford ... Traumatic Brain Injury biomarkersEdit. Investigation of potential copyright issue. Please note this is about the text of this ...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomarkers
Burbank High School (Burbank, California)Burbank High School (Burbank, California)
Burbank Blast will be a full-fledged judged competition, the first Burbank High has ever hosted. Burbank High Show choirs ... "WHERE ARE THEY NOW?: JEFF NELSON : Distance Dandy Walked When It Hurt to Run : Untimely Injuries Ended Promising Career That ... Burbank High School hosts its own non-competitive show choir competition called Burbank Blast, intended to be held annually ...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burbank_High_School_
Phineas Gage: Difference between revisionsPhineas Gage: Difference between revisions
Setting a blast involved boring a hole deep into an outcropping of rock; adding blasting powder, a fuse, and sand; then ... Gage's injury. Cavendish, Vermont about 20 years after Gage's accident:(A) The two possible accident sites, (T) Gage's lodgings ... The blast holes, about ​1 3⁄4 inches (4.5 cm) in diameter and up to 12 feet (4 m) deep, might require three men working as much ... Campbell, H.F. (1851). "Injuries of the Cranium-Trepanning". Ohio Med& Surg J. 4 (1): 20-24.. (crediting the Southern Med& Surg ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/?diff=589273712
Peoples Democratic Party (Turkey)Peoples' Democratic Party (Turkey)
"Separate blasts at three HDP buildings in Istanbul". World Bulletin. 17 December 2016.. ... One police officer and a security guard sustained minor injuries. That same night, shots were fired by unidentified assailants ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoples'_Democratic_Party_
Suicide SilenceSuicide Silence
... signs with Nuclear Blast Ent. , News. Lambgoat (2012-09-10). Retrieved on 2012-11-13. ... It was announced by Orange County Coroners Office that he had suffered severe injuries incurred from a motorcycle accident. One ... 2017 via Nuclear Blast.[46] The first single "Doris", which had been performed live at Knotfest in 2016, was released on ... and employs a liberal use of double bass drumming and blast beats.[59] In their self-titled album, the band widely incorporated ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_Silence
List of Twin Peaks charactersList of Twin Peaks characters
In the series finale Pete, Andrew Packard and Audrey Horne are caught up in a bomb blast at the Twin Peaks national bank and ... In the finale of the original series, Ben is attacked by Will Hayward and suffers a head injury after it is implied that he is ... By 2014, James has returned to Twin Peaks, and is revealed to have suffered a head injury in an accident. He visits the ... ISBN 978-1250075581) states that Pete and Andrew were killed in the blast but that Audrey survived, with the implication that ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil_the_Dancer
Akebono TarōAkebono Tarō
Sat out due to injury. 0-0-15. 1999. East Yokozuna #2. Sat out due to injury. 0-0-15. East Yokozuna #2. Sat out due to injury. ... he had incredible thrusting strength and on many occasions would blast lesser wrestlers out of the ring in one or two strokes ... Sat out due to injury. 0-0-15. East Yokozuna #1. Sat out due to injury. 0-0-15. East Yokozuna #1. 10-5. ... Akebono was quite susceptible to injury because of his height and weight.[15] He suffered his first serious knee injury in May ...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akebono_Taro
Claus von StauffenbergClaus von Stauffenberg
For his injuries, Stauffenberg was awarded the Wound Badge in Gold on 14 April and for his courage the German Cross in Gold on ... Although four people were killed and almost all survivors were injured, Hitler himself was shielded from the blast by the heavy ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claus_von_Stauffenberg
Ingo SwannIngo Swann
Swann was thrown to safety by his colleagues and sustained a minor injury.[51][52][53][54] ... "blasting deer or porcupines from the woods or something." The "twin" bodyguards come to attention they've been discovered and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingo_Swann
2012 Israeli operation in the Gaza Strip2012 Israeli operation in the Gaza Strip
"Soldier dies of injuries from Gaza mortar". 22 November 2012.. *^ "IDF soldier, civilian killed as over 140 rockets hit Israel" ... "Terror attack: Blast on Tel Aviv bus; 28 hurt". Ynet News. 21 November 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2013.. ... One of them was wounded on the last day of the conflict and died of his injuries on 22 November.[226][227] By 20 November, ... Hamas's military wing claimed responsibility for the blast, stating that it was in response to the killing of the boy.[170] ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Pillar_of_Cloud
Santos LimitedSantos Limited
The blast was traced to the Liquids Recovery Plant (LRP), where an inlet manifold and a related flange weld both failed after ... by not ensuring its employees were safe from injury and risk to health. The company was fined $105,000. The magistrate said ... "John Hewson and Malcolm Fraser blast Liberals over ANU divestment backlash". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 October ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santos_
Full EclipseFull Eclipse
... that Garou and his group are transformed becoming more powerful and seemingly impervious to injury. The next day Max attempts ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Eclipse
Posttraumatic stress disorderPosttraumatic stress disorder
doi:10.1016/j.injury.2012.02.015. PMID 22409991.. *^ Kassam-Adams N, Marsac ML, Hildenbrand A, Winston F (December 2013). " ... "The Operational Stress Injury Social Support (OSISS) Program for Canadian Veterans". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. ... After PTSD became an official psychiatric diagnosis with the publication of DSM-III (1980), the number of personal injury ... O'Donnell ML, Creamer M, Bryant RA, Schnyder U, Shalev A (July 2003). "Posttraumatic disorders following injury: an empirical ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posttraumatic_stress_disorder
Open accessOpen access
... that were cited as scientific evidence that brain injuries do not cause long-term harm to its players.[note 21] During the peer ... "Publishers Blast New Open Access Bill, FASTR". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 ...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_access_journal
Adam Air Flight 574Adam Air Flight 574
"Possible in-flight blast caused plane crash on land and sea". Asianews.it. Archived from the original on 22 January 2007. ... There were no reports of serious injuries from the incident. As a result, six Adam Air 737s were grounded awaiting safety ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Air_Flight_574
Mobile phone radiation and healthMobile phone radiation and health
In the US, a small number of personal injury lawsuits have been filed by individuals against cellphone manufacturers (including ... Space-Time (BLAST). *Massive Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO). *Reconfiguration. *Spread spectrum ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_radiation_and_health
Caribbean yacht death Briton had blast injuries - BBC NewsCaribbean yacht death Briton 'had blast injuries' - BBC News
A dead Briton found near his burning yacht had injuries consistent with an explosion, authorities on the eastern Caribbean ... we could tell that he had injuries but it was not until our diver got in the water and approached him we could see the injuries ... A dead Briton found near his burning yacht had injuries consistent with an explosion, authorities on the eastern Caribbean ...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26846751
Blast injury | Britannica.comBlast injury | Britannica.com
Blast injury,, any injury caused by a pressure wave such as that following an explosion. Blast injuries may be inflicted by ... Blast injury, any injury caused by a pressure wave such as that following an explosion. Blast injuries may be inflicted by such ... blast injury and (2) the effects of too-rapid changes in the atmospheric pressure in the environment. Blast injuries may be ... More About Blast injury. 1 reference found in Britannica articles. Assorted References. *effects on body* In human disease: ...
https://www.britannica.com/science/blast-injury
CDC - Mining Project - Blast Damage Control to Reduce Injuries - NIOSHCDC - Mining Project - Blast Damage Control to Reduce Injuries - NIOSH
Blast Damage Control to Reduce Injuries from Ground Falls in Underground Western U.S. Hard Rock Mines. Keywords: Blasting Drift ... The extent of blast damage from a fully coupled explosive charge. Ground control and safety implications of blast damage in ... Practical damage limit circles are drawn around each blast hole showing predicted damage extent based on a chosen blast damage ... A gas pressure-based drift round blast design methodology. Design concept for perimeter control blasting in drifting operations ...
https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/mining/researchprogram/projects/project_blast_damage_control.html
Mechanism and Emergency Management of Blast Eye/Orbital InjuriesMechanism and Emergency Management of Blast Eye/Orbital Injuries
Increased use of improvised blast devices is causing more blast/eye orbital injuries worldwide. What are the vital strategies ... Blast Injuries. Sutphen SK. eMedicine: Blast injuries: a review CME/CE. Blast Injuries: A Review. Mechanisms of Injury and ... Rocket-propelled grenade-7 multisystems blast injuries. (A) Rocket-propelled grenade-7 blast facial injuries, bilateral ... Rocket-propelled grenade-7 multisystems blast injuries. (A) Rocket-propelled grenade-7 blast facial injuries, bilateral ...
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/575586_20
Blast hits China chemical plant, one injury reported | ReutersBlast hits China chemical plant, one injury reported | Reuters
The blast happened around 7 p.m. (0700 ET) at a pumping station for a condensate storage at the plant in Zhangzhou in Fujian ... Xinhua cited the plant as saying one injury had been reported. It was not immediately known if any of the plants production ...
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-blast/blast-hits-china-chemical-plant-one-injury-reported-idUSKBN0MX0SB20150406
IOM: Need More Data on Blast Injuries | MedPage TodayIOM: Need More Data on Blast Injuries | MedPage Today
... veterans from blast exposure during Gulf War combat missions, according to the Institute of Medicine (IOM). ... blast or non-blast), "they often didnt compare the injuries in a war fighter exposed to blast to the injuries in a war fighter ... "Blast waves alone can affect the nervous system without leaving an obvious acute injury, and blast-related symptoms, such as ... or they didnt compare them to non-blast [injuries], then it was hard for us to say for sure that blast caused a long-term ...
https://www.medpagetoday.com/primarycare/generalprimarycare/44297
Blast Injury Research Coordinating Office (BIRCO)Blast Injury Research Coordinating Office (BIRCO)
Department of Defense Blast Injury Research Coordinating Office, Advancing Blast Injury Research to Protect and Heal Those Who ... Blast Injury 101:. What is Blast Injury?. Science of Blast. Program Areas. Blast Injuries in Focus. SoS Meetings. Contact Us ... Your current Blast Injury Research Program session has expired. Your next click will take you away from the private area, and ... ON BLAST INJURY COUNTERMEASURES (IFBIC 2021). September 27 - October 10, 2021 , Virtual. Register by August 20! ...
https://emergency.cdc.gov/planning/blastinjury-mobile-app.asp
Skull-flexing blasts may explain puzzling brain injuries | New ScientistSkull-flexing blasts may explain puzzling brain injuries | New Scientist
Mysterious injuries caused by bomb explosions may be explained by a new model that shows how blast waves cause the skull to ... This may help explain traumatic brain injuries in soldiers returning from Afghanistan or Iraq with no obvious head wounds. ... conditions which could be the result of brain damage caused by exposure to blast waves. ... Skull-flexing blasts may explain puzzling brain injuries. Health 15 October 2008 By Mark Buchanan ...
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026783-900-skull-flexing-blasts-may-explain-puzzling-brain-injuries/
Blast Injury to Abdomen by Depth Charge | The BMJBlast Injury to Abdomen by Depth Charge | The BMJ
Blast Injury to Abdomen by Depth Charge Br Med J 1943; 1 :537 ... Blast Injury to Abdomen by Depth Charge. Br Med J 1943; 1 doi: ...
http://www.bmj.com/content/1/4295/537
Making Light: Trauma and You, Part Six: Blast InjuriesMaking Light: Trauma and You, Part Six: Blast Injuries
Blast injuries are challenging: Practically any kind of traumatic injury is possible. The scene may be unsafe. There may be ... The most common, and most serious, injury in blasts is lung injury. This may not be instantly obvious. Damage to the lungs may ... Comments on Trauma and You, Part Six: Blast Injuries: #1 ::: Ralph Robert (Rob) Moore ::: (view all by) ::: July 29, 2013, 07: ... Trauma and You, Part Six: Blast Injuries. Posted by Jim Macdonald at 03:04 AM * 79 comments As promised in Trauma and You Part ...
http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/015024.html
injury Keyword - Blast Magazineinjury Keyword - Blast Magazine
About Blast Magazine. Founded in 2007, Blast Magazine and its family of websites and blogs is your source for movies, music, ... The injury is, reportedly, life-threatening. Police are unable to report whether or not the gunshot was... ... The Boys Cast Shares What Fans Can Expect From Their Characters in Season 2: The Blast Interview. Madeline Knutson ... Mystery and Intrigue: Locke & Key Composer Torin Borrowdale Chats with Blast Magazine About His Experiences in Film and ...
https://blastmagazine.com/tag/injury/
IDF officer who sustained head injuries in blast released from hospital - The Jerusalem postIDF officer who sustained head injuries in blast released from hospital - The Jerusalem post
IDF officer who sustained head injuries in blast released from hospital. By YAAKOV LAPPIN MAY 23, 2016 20:01 ... An IDF officer who sustained serious head injuries earlier this month when a bomb blew up near the Palestinian village of Hizme ... A few days after the blast, security forces arrested two suspects for allegedly planting the explosives, adding that the ... Earlier this month, the officer under went 12 hours of surgery after the blast. ...
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/idf-officer-who-sustained-head-injuries-in-blast-released-from-hospital-454800
New material could help facial reconstruction for soldiers blast injuries - ScienceBlog.comNew material could help facial reconstruction for soldiers' blast injuries - ScienceBlog.com
New material could help facial reconstruction for soldiers blast injuries. August 1, 2011. ScienceBlog.com ... The researchers say the product one day could be used to reconstruct soldiers faces marred by blast injuries. ...
https://scienceblog.com/46806/new-material-could-help-facial-reconstruction-for-soldiers-blast-injuries/
What Neuroimages Can Teach About Blast Injuries | BrainLineWhat Neuroimages Can Teach About Blast Injuries | BrainLine
Neuroimaging the brains of service members with blast-related TBI are showing patterns of variable damage, perhaps most notably ... I thought that blast injury was probably the same as any other kind of injury; that its just trauma to the brain whether the ... In blasts we see different patterns of injury, and there may be areas of the brain that are injured more in blasts than ... Neuroimaging the brains of service members with blast-related TBI conducted at the NICoE are showing patterns of injury that ...
https://www.brainline.org/video/what-neuroimages-can-teach-about-blast-injuries
Blast injury - WikipediaBlast injury - Wikipedia
A blast injury is a complex type of physical trauma resulting from direct or indirect exposure to an explosion. Blast injuries ... Injuries resulting from this type of traumatic impact are referred to as tertiary blast injuries. Tertiary injuries may present ... In general, primary blast injuries are characterized by the absence of external injuries; thus internal injuries are frequently ... Blast injury information from the CDC Blast injury primer for clinicians. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blast_injury
Blast injury - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaBlast injury - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Primary blast injury. The blast wave causes primary blast injuries such as blast lung. In this fatal case both lungs have ... Types of blast injuries. A person may suffer multiple injuries and from more than one category of blast injury. They may have ... A blast injury is a wound caused by direct or indirect exposure to an explosive blast. Physical blast injuries are divided into ... death was due solely to internal injuries from the blast wave.[4] Blast lung is the most common fatal primary blast injury in ...
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blast_injury
Blast Injury Science and Engineering | SpringerLinkBlast Injury Science and Engineering | SpringerLink
... engineering and medicine behind blast injuries. The multi-disciplinary team of authors bring together th ... Ballistic injury Blast Injuries Blast Injury Treatment Injury Mechanisms Injury Mitigation research ... Blast Injury Science and Engineering: A Guide for Clinicians and Researchers is a comprehensive interdisciplinary text aimed at ... Applications of Blast Injury Research: Solving Clinical Problems. * Front Matter Pages 227-227 ...
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-319-21867-0
Relevance of Blood Vessel Networks in Blast-Induced Traumatic Brain InjuryRelevance of Blood Vessel Networks in Blast-Induced Traumatic Brain Injury
... Yi Hua,1 Shengmao Lin,1 and Linxia Gu1,2 ... This work sheds light on the role of cerebral vasculature in blast-induced traumatic brain injury. ... This work is to study the effects of blood vessel networks on dynamic responses of the brain under blast loading. Voronoi ...
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/cmmm/2015/928236/abs/
Browsing Technical documents by Subject Blast InjuriesBrowsing Technical documents by Subject "Blast Injuries"
... 0-9. A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. J. K. L. M. N. O. P. Q. R. S. T. U. V ...
https://extranet.who.int/iris/restricted/handle/10665/107133/browse?authority=Blast+Injuries&type=mesh
War hero defies the odds to become a dad despite suffering groin injuries in Taliban bomb blastWar hero defies the odds to become a dad despite suffering groin injuries in Taliban bomb blast
... had to have a testicle removed due to injuries caused by a Taliban bomb blast. The former Commando, of Plymouth, Devon, lost ... But war hero Ben McBean, who defied the odds to become a dad after suffering groin injuries in the Taliban bomb blast that cost ... War hero defies the odds to become a dad despite suffering groin injuries in Taliban bomb blast. Millies Award winner Ben ... It was a long journey - with his groin injury requiring a new op long after the blast. ...
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8495322/ben-mcbean-becomes-dad-taliban-explosion/
Exposure to bomb blasts may cause brain injury in vets -- without symptoms | Fox NewsExposure to bomb blasts may cause brain injury in vets -- without symptoms | Fox News
... even when brain injury symptoms do not present. ... has revealed that veterans exposed explosive bomb blasts are ... Exposure to bomb blasts may cause brain injury in vets -- without symptoms. By Loren Grush ... The vets were divided into three groups: those with a history of blast exposure and symptoms of TBI, those with blast exposure ... In order to analyze the effects of blasts further, Morey and his team evaluated 45 U.S. veterans who had served in the military ...
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/03/04/exposure-to-bomb-blasts-may-cause-brain-injury-in-vets-with-no-symptoms.html
IRAQ Kirkuk, series of suspected ISIS blasts causes several deaths and injuriesIRAQ Kirkuk, series of suspected ISIS blasts causes several deaths and injuries
Kirkuk, series of suspected ISIS blasts causes several deaths and injuries. At least six explosions hit the central area of ​​ ... causing several deaths and injuries. The security forces of the northern oil city, disputed between Baghdad and Erbil, have ...
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Kirkuk,-series-of-suspected-ISIS-blasts-causes-several-deaths-and-injuries-47156.html
I-BESS Battlefield Blast Detection System to Help Detect Soldier Injuries (video) | MedgadgetI-BESS Battlefield Blast Detection System to Help Detect Soldier Injuries (video) | Medgadget
I-BESS Battlefield Blast Detection System to Help Detect Soldier Injuries (video). August 3rd, 2012 Medgadget Editors Military ... All of the data collected by the I-BESS will go to the Joint Trauma Analysis and Prevention of Injury in Combat, where medical ... The Army is also installing 42 vehicles with floor-and seat-mounted accelerometers to measure the effect of blasts on soldiers ... The Army hopes that the I-BESS (Integrated Blast Effects Sensor Suite) system, which passively collects and manages the data ...
https://www.medgadget.com/2012/08/i-bess-battlefield-blast-detection-system-to-help-detect-soldier-injuries-video.html
Cooper wont alter Blast style Despite injuries, physical game stays - tribunedigital-baltimoresunCooper won't alter Blast style Despite injuries, physical game stays - tribunedigital-baltimoresun
Baltimore Blast coach Kenny Cooper said yesterday that he has no plans to change the Major Soccer League teams physical style ... despite mounting ankle and foot injuries.We have to physically and ... Baltimore Blast coach Kenny Cooper said yesterday that he has no plans to change the Major Soccer League teams physical style ... "We have a lot of foot and ankle injuries because we play physical soccer. But well continue to play our game and just hope ...
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1990-12-19/sports/1990353086_1_hank-henry-sprained-right-ankle-ankle-injuries
Vestibular Consequences of Blast-related Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) - Full Text View - ClinicalTrials.govVestibular Consequences of Blast-related Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) - Full Text View - ClinicalTrials.gov
Wounds and Injuries. Brain Injuries. Brain Injuries, Traumatic. Brain Concussion. Dizziness. Brain Diseases. Central Nervous ... Vestibular Consequences of Blast-related Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). The safety and scientific validity of this study is ... The purpose of this project is to determine the effects of mild traumatic brain injury and blast exposure on the inner ear ... The goal of this project is to determine the effects of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and blast exposure on the vestibular ...
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01021137?recr=Open&cond=%22Dizziness%22&rank=16
Pentagon Shelves Blast Gauges Meant To Detect Battlefield Brain Injuries | KALWPentagon Shelves Blast Gauges Meant To Detect Battlefield Brain Injuries | KALW
The military hoped the body-worn sensors would identify troops with brain injuries from a bomb blast. Instead, the sensors ... Thats because the Department of Defense had a very specific goal: identifying troops with brain injuries caused by the blast ... which makes the blast gauges. Instead, the culprit was usually "blast-intensive weapons systems" like recoilless rifles, ... The blast gauges are about the size of a quarter, and troops wear three of them on their helmets and upper bodies. The gauges ...
https://www.kalw.org/2016-12-20/pentagon-shelves-blast-gauges-meant-to-detect-battlefield-brain-injuries
Brain Injuries With Similarities to Alzheimers Disease Could Be Caused By A Single Mild Blast ExposureBrain Injuries With Similarities to Alzheimer's Disease Could Be Caused By A Single Mild Blast Exposure
Leg Injuries and Disorders. Legs are easily prone to injuries while playing sports, running or falling. These injuries affect ... Brain Injuries With Similarities to Alzheimers Disease Could Be Caused By A Single Mild Blast Exposure. ... Cook noted, "We were a bit surprised to find that after only a single mild blast, phospho-tau remained elevated for at least a ... "Some of the big questions in mild traumatic brain injury are about a molecule called tau" said Dr. David Cook of VA Puget Sound ...
http://www.medindia.net/news/brain-injuries-with-similarities-to-alzheimers-disease-could-be-caused-by-a-single-mild-blast-exposure-125867-1.htm
Tightly coupled repetitive blast-induced traumatic brain injury: development and characterization in miceTightly coupled repetitive blast-induced traumatic brain injury: development and characterization in mice
... to study the increase in severity of traumatic brain injury (bTBI) after multiple blast exposures. Isoflurane anesthetized ... A mouse model of repeated blast exposure was developed using a compressed air-driven shock tube, ... C57BL/6J mice were exposed to 13.9, 20.6, and 25 psi single blast overpressure ( … ... Tightly coupled repetitive blast-induced traumatic brain injury: development and characterization in mice J Neurotrauma. 2011 ...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21770761/?dopt=Abstract
Two months after Maur blasts, 12-year-old succumbs to injuries in Ludhiana hospital | punjab | bhatinda | Hindustan TimesTwo months after Maur blasts, 12-year-old succumbs to injuries in Ludhiana hospital | punjab | bhatinda | Hindustan Times
12-year-old Ankush Kumar succumbed to injuries in Ludhiana hospital on early Friday morning. Ankush, a class 8 student, was ... Two months after twin bomb blast in Maur, ... Two months after Maur blasts, 12-year-old succumbs to injuries ... Two months after twin bomb blast in Maur, 12-year-old Ankush Kumar succumbed to injuries in Ludhiana hospital on early Friday ... The twin blasts took place at Maur on January 31 a few seconds after Congress candidate Harminder Singh Jassis vehicle passed ...
https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/maur-twin-bomb-blasts-12-year-old-succumbs-to-injuries-in-ludhiana-hospital/story-Vypc8kaXfODL0JMIRBKnUN.html
Brain and blood biomarkers of tauopathy and neuronal injury in humans and rats with neurobehavioral syndromes following blast...Brain and blood biomarkers of tauopathy and neuronal injury in humans and rats with neurobehavioral syndromes following blast...
These findings suggest an association linking blast injury, tauopathy, and neuronal injury. Further study is required to ... Exposure to blast overpressure from improvised explosive devices (IEDs) has been implicated as a potential antecedent for CTE ... In this study, we identified biomarker signatures in rats exposed to repetitive low-level blast that develop chronic anxiety- ... Rats exposed to repetitive low-level blasts accumulated abnormal hyperphosphorylated tau in neuronal perikarya and perivascular ...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-020-0674-z?error=cookies_not_supported&code=05ffca6a-32ed-440d-8774-2a131c3de2be
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Explosions19
  • The first is exemplified by the air blast caused by bomb explosions. (britannica.com)
  • As promised in Trauma and You Part Five: Burns this is the entry on injuries caused by explosions. (nielsenhayden.com)
  • Before we start talking about your first-aid response to blast injuries, I want to talk a bit about explosions in general (in such a general way that it will have professional chemists, physicists, and firefighters rolling their eyes). (nielsenhayden.com)
  • Kirkuk (AsiaNews / Agencies) - A series of explosions - at least six but could be even more - hit the city of Kirkuk late yesterday evening, causing several deaths and injuries. (asianews.it)
  • I don't want this to sound wrong, but the data we collect from these explosions is very important for us to measure how these blasts affect a soldier's head and body," said Amy O'Brien, a REF chief scientist. (medgadget.com)
  • The research has led to the development of materials and vehicle frame design that greatly reduce injury caused by under-vehicle explosions. (brightsurf.com)
  • CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - More than half of all combat-related injuries sustained by U.S. troops are the result of explosions, and many of those involve injuries to the head. (healthcanal.com)
  • The blast effects of explosions cause a wide spectrum of injury patterns which today's physicians must be equipped to recognize and treat. (springer.com)
  • Understanding the mechanics of explosions, the pathophysiology of blast injury, the radiographic and clinical presentation of blast injuries, and the management of pulmonary blast injury will be the focus of this chapter. (springer.com)
  • Blast injuries: bus vs open-air bombings-a comparative study of injuries in survivors of open-air vs confined-space explosions. (springer.com)
  • State of the art: explosions and blast injuries. (springer.com)
  • In many parts of the world, civilians and peacekeepers are exposed to potentially serious injury from blasts and explosions. (uwaterloo.ca)
  • The initial injury is caused by the shock wave from explosions. (theallineed.com)
  • other major explosions in urban areas, including the Oklahoma City terrorist bombing in 1995, particularly in causing shrapnel-related injuries secondary to the explosion. (gizmodo.com)
  • In all explosions there is a rapid conversion of the explosive material into a large volume of hot, high pressure gas, the sudden release of which results in a s0-called blast wave which radiates from the source in all directions. (webnode.com)
  • Although terrorism is an ever-increasing concern, most blast injuries are caused by accidents such as gas explosions. (qqmovies.info)
  • A tertiary blast injury is caused by high-energy explosions and occurs when people fly through the air and strike other objects. (qqmovies.info)
  • Miscellaneous blast-related injuries include all other injuries caused by explosions, eg due to fire or collapse of buildings, burns, toxic substance exposures ( such as radiation, carbon monoxide poisoning , cyanide poisoning ), asphyxia and psychological trauma. (qqmovies.info)
  • Abdominal injuries occur more commonly after underwater or closed-space explosions, owing to the heightened blast pressure and extended positive pressure phase. (qqmovies.info)
Overpressure16
  • Primary injuries are caused by blast overpressure waves, or shock waves. (wikipedia.org)
  • Injury from blast overpressure is a pressure and time dependent function. (wikipedia.org)
  • According to the latest experimental results, the extent and types of primary blast-induced injuries depend not only on the peak of the overpressure, but also other parameters such as number of overpressure peaks, time-lag between overpressure peaks, characteristics of the shear fronts between overpressure peaks, frequency resonance, and electromagnetic pulse, among others. (wikipedia.org)
  • Isoflurane anesthetized C57BL/6J mice were exposed to 13.9, 20.6, and 25 psi single blast overpressure (BOP1) and allowed to recover for 5 days. (nih.gov)
  • Exposure to blast overpressure from improvised explosive devices (IEDs) has been implicated as a potential antecedent for CTE amongst Iraq and Afghanistan Warfighters. (nature.com)
  • administered on consecutive days) mild blast overpressure exposure results in detectable structural changes in the brain, especially in the hippocampus. (nih.gov)
  • Blast injury is characterized by blast overpressure, blast duration, and blast impulse. (frontiersin.org)
  • Taken together, this article aims to provide an overview of the current status of the cellular and pathological mechanisms involved in blast overpressure injury and argues for the urgent need to identify potential biomarkers that can hint at the different mechanisms involved. (frontiersin.org)
  • 8 ms) both the shape of the blast load wave and peak overpressure play a role in primary blast lung injury. (uwaterloo.ca)
  • Forty were exposed to primary blast overpressure using a large shock tube while the remainder were treated in an identical manner with the exception of blast exposure. (arvojournals.org)
  • Curves were generated from experimental data wherein ex vivo porcine eyes were exposed to blast overpressure having specific impulse up to 190 Pa-s (300 Pa-s reflected pressure). (arvojournals.org)
  • The objective of this work was to develop an experimentally validated computational model of the human eye to evaluate: 1) the stresses and deformations in the internal structures of the eye caused by the propagation and reflections of the blast wave, and 2) to evaluate the effect of current spectacle and goggle designs on reducing the blast overpressure. (arvojournals.org)
  • In addition, we evaluated the effect of current eye armor design in reducing the blast overpressure loading on the eye. (arvojournals.org)
  • However, the goggles trapped the underwash of the blast wave against the eye and resulted in a higher blast overpressure at 0.2 ms after the peak pressure than for the unprotected eye. (arvojournals.org)
  • There isn t enough time during the passage of the overpressure phase of the blast wave for gas to transfer from the lungs to the outside world through the trachea.20 The second possible major mechanism of primary blast injury often is termed spalling. (crashingpatient.com)
  • A primary blast injury is caused by the direct effect of blast overpressure on tissue. (qqmovies.info)
Mechanisms20
  • The sudden pressure change caused by the blast wave of explosion can damage living tissue by four mechanisms: spalling, implosion, acceleration-deceleration and pressure differentials. (medscape.com)
  • They also looked at other blast mechanisms, such as blunt-force trauma from projectiles. (medpagetoday.com)
  • There is general agreement that spalling, implosion, inertia, and pressure differentials are the main mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of primary blast injuries. (wikipedia.org)
  • Thus, the majority of prior research focused on the mechanisms of blast injuries within gas-containing organs and organ systems such as the lungs, while primary blast-induced traumatic brain injury has remained underestimated. (wikipedia.org)
  • Blast Injury Science and Engineering: A Guide for Clinicians and Researchers is a comprehensive interdisciplinary text aimed at clinical personnel needing a deeper understanding of injury mechanisms, those engaged in injury mitigation research, military scientists and engineers, as well as students of engineering, bioengineering and forensic science. (springer.com)
  • Though the mechanisms of blast-induced TBIs are not fully understood, this is a serious problem that needs to be addressed. (mit.edu)
  • Current Explosive mechanisms [improvised explosive devices (IEDs), landmines, and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs)] are believed to account for 56-78% of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), and Operation New Dawn (OND) related injuries ( 3 , 4 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Stuhmiller JH, Phillips YY, Richard DR. The physics and mechanisms of primary blast injury. (springer.com)
  • Phillips, 1988] Blast injury can be categorized as primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary and quinernary, corresponding to different aspects of the blast loading and injury mechanisms. (uwaterloo.ca)
  • This result is a significant finding because it demonstrates a common link between what has previously been believed to be two disparate injury mechanisms. (healthcanal.com)
  • There is a lack of validated biomarkers, as well as limited understanding of the underlying mechanisms of retinal injury due to blast exposure . (medicalxpress.com)
  • Blackman added: By comparing the effect of blasts on the head with the effect of head impacts we'd be able to make some sense of the distinct mechanisms of injury, the damage a solider might incur, and how a helmet might be designed to minimize both. (rxpgnews.com)
  • The underlying mechanisms of injury remain poorly understood, impeding development of diagnostic and treatment strategies. (theallineed.com)
  • The model can be used to study the effects and pinpoint mechanisms responsible for ongoing damage that occurs following the initial injury, Shi says. (theallineed.com)
  • The complexities of blast exposure have left the pathophysiologic mechanisms underlying blast-induced alterations to brain structure, function, and resultant behavioral changes ambiguous. (signalprocessingsociety.org)
  • Tissue injury responses include, at the cellular level, engagement and regulated modifications of cellular repair and metabolic pathways and, at the tissue level, multicellular wound healing mechanisms and vascular autoregulatory responses. (elsevier.com)
  • Our project will utilize the animal models to (1) identify pathophysiological mechanisms of single low level blast exposures that produce primary and secondary mTBI at the genomic, proteomic, lipidomic, cellular, tissue and system levels and (2) test the hypothesis that effects of repeated exposures on these measures are additive. (elsevier.com)
  • The mechanisms of primary blast injury and the effectiveness of eye armor in preventing primary blast injuries are not well understood. (arvojournals.org)
  • Three Possible Mechanisms of Injury of Primary Blast Injury. (crashingpatient.com)
  • Injuries from IED blasts occur from a variety of different mechanisms relating to the specific causative mechanism. (sofrep.com)
Waves32
  • Blast injuries may be inflicted by such waves traveling in gases, liquids, or solids. (britannica.com)
  • Blast waves frequently cause rupture of the fragile eardrum membrane . (britannica.com)
  • Detonation leads to blast waves that have the potential to cause life-threatening multisystemic injuries, such as tympanic rupture, lung rupture and brain injury. (medscape.com)
  • In the latest installment looking at soldiers deployed to Afghanistan in 2001 and in Iraq in 2003, they evaluated the health effects of exposure to blast, including blast waves of "the supersonic waves of intense air pressure that follow detonation of an explosive device. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Blast waves alone can affect the nervous system without leaving an obvious acute injury, and blast-related symptoms, such as persistent headache, can develop much later," Stephen L. Hauser, MD , of University of California San Francisco and committee chair, wrote in the report. (medpagetoday.com)
  • After their visible wounds heal, however, many suffer from memory loss and other mental problems , conditions which could be the result of brain damage caused by exposure to blast waves. (newscientist.com)
  • Primary injuries are caused by the explosion's shock waves. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, most blast survivors experience less powerful shock waves that cause less severe immediate symptoms, such as temporary disorientation or headaches, but on the surface leave victims apparently unscathed. (medindia.net)
  • While a number of workers have described the effects of blast waves upon the lung at both the macroscopic and light microscopic level, studies involving the use of the electron microscope have not been reported. (nih.gov)
  • In assessing the problem, Radovitzky, who is also the associate director of MIT's Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN), and his research team members recognized that very little was known about how blast waves interact with brain tissue or how protective gear affects the brain's response to such blasts. (healthcanal.com)
  • The models showed a significant reduction in the magnitude of stresses on the brain when a face shield was employed, because the shield impeded direct transmission of blast waves to the face. (healthcanal.com)
  • The blast waves that enter the ear may lead to injury and can even result in a hearing loss. (hear.com)
  • A primary blast injury is one where the blast waves transmitted by a loud explosion or other high decibel sound cause damage to an organ or tissue. (hear.com)
  • In others, injuries that secondary are not because of the actual blast waves penetrating the ear. (hear.com)
  • The models were previously validated for the prediction of lung PBI using Friedlander-type blast waves. (uwaterloo.ca)
  • The blast loading input for these simulations used idealized blast waves, based on a blast physics approach. (uwaterloo.ca)
  • The effects of idealized blast waves on predicted lung injury were investigated to determine the importance of peak pressure, blast wave duration and impulse. (uwaterloo.ca)
  • He also showed that the experimentally produced blast waves were similar - in amplitude and duration - to military exposures. (healthcanal.com)
  • Although traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a well-recognized consequence of extreme blast waves, it is less appreciated that over 80% of combat veterans with TBI also develop visual problems. (medicalxpress.com)
  • The most frequent injury sustained by U.S. service members deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan is mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), or concussion, by far most often caused by blast waves from improvised explosive devices or other explosive ordnance. (frontiersin.org)
  • RxPG] LIVERMORE, Calif. - New research on the effects of blast waves could lead to an enhanced understanding of head injuries and improved military helmet design. (rxpgnews.com)
  • TBI also has emerged among military combat personnel exposed to blast waves. (rxpgnews.com)
  • But TBIs resulting from blast waves without head impacts have not been well understood. (rxpgnews.com)
  • In particular, the team showed that blast waves affect the brain very differently from direct impacts. (rxpgnews.com)
  • Because blast waves and direct impact affect the head in fundamentally different ways, armor systems that are designed to protect soldiers from impacts and projectiles may not be optimal for blast wave protection. (rxpgnews.com)
  • Exposure to blast waves during military deployment has been recognized as the hallmark injury of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and considerable efforts have been made to understand the associated neurologic sequelae. (annals.org)
  • However, less attention has been paid to the lungs, which may be particularly susceptible to blast waves given tissue-density gradients. (annals.org)
  • Injuries caused by these pressure or blast waves are described as primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary. (cemmlibrary.org)
  • Primary injuries result from the effect of transmitted blast waves on gas-containing structures, secondary injuries result from the impact of airborne debris, tertiary injury results from transposition of the entire body due to blast wind or structural collapse, and quaternary injuries include almost everything else. (urgentiegeneeskunde.com)
  • The physics of blast waves is non-linear and complex . (webnode.com)
  • Injury due to the interaction between blast-waves and air-tissue interfaces . (webnode.com)
  • The blast pressure is amplified as pressure waves reflect back from solid surfaces and increase its force. (qqmovies.info)
Explosion45
  • A dead Briton found near his burning yacht had injuries consistent with an explosion, authorities on the eastern Caribbean island of St Vincent say. (bbc.co.uk)
  • Blast injury , any injury caused by a pressure wave such as that following an explosion . (britannica.com)
  • Persons in the immediate vicinity of an explosion are always subject to blast injuries. (britannica.com)
  • Following behind the pressure wave, the expanding gasses from the explosion form a blast wind that can pick up and move people, causing them to fall or strike other objects. (nielsenhayden.com)
  • A blast injury is a complex type of physical trauma resulting from direct or indirect exposure to an explosion. (wikipedia.org)
  • These injuries are compounded when the explosion occurs in a confined space. (wikipedia.org)
  • Secondary injuries are caused by fragmentation and other objects propelled by the explosion. (wikipedia.org)
  • Displacement of air by the explosion creates a blast wind that can throw victims against solid objects. (wikipedia.org)
  • The environment in which an explosion occurs is one of the factors in determining blast injuries. (wikipedia.org)
  • The type and severity of injuries caused by an explosion depends on a variety of factors including type of explosion, force of the explosion, environment in which the explosion occurs, and how close to the explosion the person is. (wikipedia.org)
  • In this image a blast wave from a conventional explosion is clearly visible. (wikipedia.org)
  • [4] Blast lung is the most common fatal primary blast injury in people who survive the initial explosion. (wikipedia.org)
  • Most casualties in an explosion are caused by secondary blast injuries. (wikipedia.org)
  • These injuries may be caused by fragments of the explosive device and other objects within the blast zone being propelled by the force of the explosion. (wikipedia.org)
  • Millies Award winner Ben, 31, who had to have a testicle removed due to injuries caused by the explosion, also joked: "At least it all still works down there and my one remaining testicle was up to the task. (thesun.co.uk)
  • NPR has learned the monitoring was discontinued because the gauges failed to reliably show whether service members had been close enough to an explosion to have sustained a concussion, or mild traumatic brain injury. (kalw.org)
  • While the blast injuries of a victim close to the explosion will be severe, majority of victims are usually at a distance leading to milder form described as mild blast TBI (mbTBI). (frontiersin.org)
  • According to the U.S. Department of Defense, about 130,000 U.S. service members deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan have sustained traumatic brain injuries - ranging from concussion to long-term brain damage and death - as a result of an explosion. (healthcanal.com)
  • They also included details about the explosion that creates the blast wave upon detonation, including the explosive type, mass and location relative to the target. (healthcanal.com)
  • A secondary blast injury is one that is caused by flying objects or debris caused by a nearby explosion. (hear.com)
  • Rather, during an explosion blast, the trauma one sustains is from external objects hitting some region of an individual's ears. (hear.com)
  • Much of the early literature on blast injury was generated by the US military in an effort to predict the severity of injury from an explosion and to better understand how to provide optimal medical care to soldiers at war. (springer.com)
  • Blast lung injury from an explosion on a civilian bus. (springer.com)
  • Injuries that occur as a result of an explosion (blast) which produces a shock wave with rapid shifts to extremely high pressures (compression) followed by lower than ambient pressures ( rarefaction ). (dosits.org)
  • The blast wave from an explosion can gravely affect those near the epicenter of the explosion, possibly causing brain, lung or other injuries. (greenbaypersonalinjuryattorney.com)
  • Among the most common causes of death and injury as the result of an explosion is blast lung, the result of hemorrhage, ripping or tearing of the lung tissue, and complications from contusions. (greenbaypersonalinjuryattorney.com)
  • If you or a loved one was near an explosion at the time of the blast, certain of your injuries may not be immediately and outwardly apparent. (greenbaypersonalinjuryattorney.com)
  • It is important to remember that absence of external injuries does not mean a blast survivor has escaped the devastating force an explosion can present. (greenbaypersonalinjuryattorney.com)
  • Seek immediate medical attention if you were near enough to an explosion to have felt its blast wave. (greenbaypersonalinjuryattorney.com)
  • Moss and other members of the research team believe that once a person has undergone a blast exposure, it may still be possible some day to stem some of the effects of the brain damage in the days and weeks after such an explosion. (healthcanal.com)
  • Explosion is responsible for almost 80% of Coalition injuries in today's conflicts. (bl.uk)
  • The study found that survivors who endured eye injuries were most often harmed by the shrapnel and debris that came from broken glass caused by the explosion. (gizmodo.com)
  • Because the findings are based on a single hospital's records, they shouldn't be seen as a full accounting of the eye injuries caused by the explosion. (gizmodo.com)
  • When you watch the video of the explosion, it's easy to see why such injuries occurred. (gizmodo.com)
  • Well, Dr. Hemstad, blast injuries are caused by the indirect impact from a pressure wave generated by an explosion. (cemmlibrary.org)
  • The explosion causes an instant rise in pressure, which creates a blast wave. (cemmlibrary.org)
  • Energy is released relatively slowly when compared with high-order explosives, and the resulting explosion lacks the type of over-pressurisation blast wave associated with detonation of high-order explosives. (webnode.com)
  • The initial blast wave, and superheating of the air surrounding the centre of the explosion, is followed by a short-lived 'blast wind', the speed of which can be sufficient to propel people and objects away from the explosion. (webnode.com)
  • In addition to the adverse effects of injuries to individual organs, or organ systems, exposure to an explosion can lead to whole-body physiological disturbances including a 'shock-like' state. (webnode.com)
  • explosion injuries information. (qqmovies.info)
  • Blast injuries result from the complex pressure wave generated by an explosion. (qqmovies.info)
  • It therefore has a greater potential for injury than an explosion in air. (qqmovies.info)
  • the closer one is to an explosion, the greater the blast pressure experienced. (qqmovies.info)
  • This underwater explosion resulted in immersion-blast injuries to many of the sailors who survived the direct hit. (jamanetwork.com)
  • The invisible blast pressure wave travels just in front of the explosion and debris caused by the blast and is illustrated nicely in the following slow motion video of a high-explosive blast. (sofrep.com)
Traumatic brain in7
  • This may help explain traumatic brain injuries in soldiers returning from Afghanistan or Iraq with no obvious head wounds. (newscientist.com)
  • Air blast-induced traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) represent a significant percentage of military personnel injuries observed in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). (mit.edu)
  • The high rate of blast exposures experienced by U.S. servicemembers (SMs) during the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan has resulted in frequent combat-related mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBIs). (nih.gov)
  • In an advance that may someday provide health benefits for soldiers and athletes, a team of researchers has discovered a mechanism that could be the cause of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) in blast-exposed soldiers. (healthcanal.com)
  • Traumatic brain injuries sustained by more than 200,000 U.S. troops may be fueling the military's suicide crisis, according to a letter co-signed by 53 congressional members who are seeking additional data to investigate the new theory. (nbcnews.com)
  • In the kind of asymmetric warfare we now have to face we must recognize the fact that Traumatic Brain Injuries will be a growing reality. (iospress.nl)
  • I could not agree more with Dr. Peale and I also believe that working collaboratively, we can share insights, accelerate discoveries, and more effectively prevent and treat Traumatic Brain Injuries. (iospress.nl)
Trauma23
  • Prof. Nardi Caspi, head of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department at the Hadassah Medical Center at Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, said at the time that he arrived at the hospital's trauma room suffering injuries from shrapnel and broken facial bones. (jpost.com)
  • These injuries may affect any part of the body and sometimes result in penetrating trauma with visible bleeding. (wikipedia.org)
  • Tertiary injuries may present as some combination of blunt and penetrating trauma, including bone fractures and coup contre-coup injuries. (wikipedia.org)
  • Physical blast injuries are divided into four categories, with a fifth for secondary illnesses caused by the blast, and a sixth category for the effects of associated post-blast psychological trauma such as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). (wikipedia.org)
  • The findings, published in the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, suggest that the absence of a TBI diagnosis does not necessarily erase a veteran's risk of brain damage from blast exposure. (foxnews.com)
  • All of the data collected by the I-BESS will go to the Joint Trauma Analysis and Prevention of Injury in Combat, where medical professionals will have access to the database. (medgadget.com)
  • some of which are shared with other forms of brain trauma such as acute brain injury and other neuropsychiatric disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder. (frontiersin.org)
  • The trauma is considered primary because the pressure created by the wave is sole cause of the injury. (hear.com)
  • Providing insight into the trauma thresholds for blast injury is necessary for the development of blast protection equipment and identification and subsequent treatment of blast injury. (uwaterloo.ca)
  • Lebanon is the repository of blast data for much of the Middle East, so its collaboration on this project is vital for sharing unique information on blast injuries, which will be used to help build up Sri Lanka's capacity in trauma surgery. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • he recent impact of terrorism in the UK demonstrates how vital it is for countries to collaborate more closely, especially when it comes to caring for blast trauma victims and the long-term effects of their injuries. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • It is hoped the project in Sri Lanka will act as a gateway for other countries in the region, where information can be shared to help other populations who are suffering the trauma of blast injuries as a result of conflict. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • Professor Anthony Bull, the project lead and Head of the Department of Bioengineering at Imperial, said: "The recent impact of terrorism in the UK demonstrates how vital it is for countries to collaborate more closely, especially when it comes to caring for blast trauma victims and the long-term effects of their injuries. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • Physical injuries included shrapnel wounds, limb amputations, wounds to the nervous system and other forms of tissue damage with high volumes of patients experiencing trauma to the musculoskeletal system. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • Lasting retinal injury in a mouse model of blast-induced trauma," American Journal of Pathology (2017). (medicalxpress.com)
  • Urine tests showing elevated acrolein might indicate trauma despite the lack of symptoms following mild blast injury. (theallineed.com)
  • Traumatic brain injury associated with combat ocular trauma. (semanticscholar.org)
  • Secondary blast injury includes being hit by flying debris, which can cause both penetrating and direct impact trauma. (cemmlibrary.org)
  • Tertiary blast injury occurs when a person is physically thrown by the blast, which usually causes direct impact trauma. (cemmlibrary.org)
  • Anesthesiologie - Urgentiegeneeskunde www.urgentiegeneeskunde.com de gratis online resource over trauma-anesthesie, reanimatie, resuscitatie, airway management, prehospitale zorg en alles wat te maken heeft met de zorg voor de vitaal bedreigde patient. (urgentiegeneeskunde.com)
  • Mu, W, Catenaccio, E & Lipton, ML 2016, ' Neuroimaging in Blast-Related Mild Traumatic Brain Injury ', Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation . (elsevier.com)
  • These can cause a combination of penetrating and blunt trauma injuries. (qqmovies.info)
  • A traumatic pneumothorax can develop from physical trauma to the chest (including a blast injury) or from a complication of a healthcare intervention. (wikipedia.org)
Exposures6
  • The majority of exposures were not from improvised explosive devices, as you might expect," says David Borkholder , an engineering professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology and the founder of BlackBox Biometrics, which makes the blast gauges. (kalw.org)
  • Scientists are especially concerned when these mild blast exposures happen repeatedly--likening them to the repetitive hits endured by boxers and other athletes. (medindia.net)
  • A mouse model of repeated blast exposure was developed using a compressed air-driven shock tube, to study the increase in severity of traumatic brain injury (bTBI) after multiple blast exposures. (nih.gov)
  • BOP1 at 20.6 psi showed a mortality rate of 2% and this pressure was used for three repeated blast exposures (BOP3) with 1 and 30 min intervals. (nih.gov)
  • These data suggest that repeated blast exposures lead to increased impairment severity in multiple neurological parameters of TBI in mice. (nih.gov)
  • The study showed that the brain injuries observed in mice exposed to blasts - equivalent to battlefield exposures - are identical to the brain injuries suffered by soldiers from military blasts, such as IEDs, when the heads were allowed to move. (healthcanal.com)
Quaternary3
  • Quaternary injuries, or other miscellaneous named injuries, are all other injuries not included in the first three classes. (wikipedia.org)
  • And lastly, quaternary blast injuries include burns, chemical exposure, and breathing toxic gases or vapors. (cemmlibrary.org)
  • Blast injuries are generally categorized as primary to quaternary injuries. (urgentiegeneeskunde.com)
Concussion7
  • Neuroimaging the brains of service members with blast-related TBI conducted at the NICoE are showing patterns of injury that may differ significantly from those sustained in a car crash or sports concussion. (brainline.org)
  • Having data from blast sensors could play "a very, very important role in helping us understand why an individual has negative effects from a concussion," Chiarelli says, "or why an individual develops one of the neurodegenerative diseases that seem connected with concussion, everything from ALS, to Parkinson's to dementia and even Alzheimer's. (kalw.org)
  • Army soldiers account for the vast majority of diagnosed TBI cases, and those injuries range from "mild" (a concussion) to "severe. (nbcnews.com)
  • The Saints (9-4) suffered a slew of injuries on Thursday, including running back Alvin Kamara, who left in the first quarter due to a concussion. (blackchristiannews.com)
  • Other New Orleans injuries included safety Kenny Vaccaro (groin), linebacker A.J. Klein (groin), guard Senio Kelemete (concussion) and defensive end Trey Hendrickson (ankle). (blackchristiannews.com)
  • Routine screening for chronic hypopituitarism after blast concussion shows promise for appropriately directing diagnostic and therapeutic decisions that otherwise may remain unconsidered and for markedly facilitating recovery and rehabilitation. (washington.edu)
  • It can also result in eyeball rupture and Traumatic Brain Injury and concussion. (sofrep.com)
Explosives10
  • Because of the very high temperature from enhanced-blast explosives, we should be expecting more ocular injuries especially when eye visor protections are not used (Figures 11 & 12). (medscape.com)
  • A few days after the blast, security forces arrested two suspects for allegedly planting the explosives, adding that the remainder of the investigation was under a media ban. (jpost.com)
  • Blast injuries occur with the detonation of high-order explosives as well as the deflagration of low order explosives. (wikipedia.org)
  • Some explosives, such as nail bombs, are deliberately designed to increase the likelihood of secondary injuries. (wikipedia.org)
  • Explosives are categorized as high-order (HE) explosives or low-order (LE) explosives and they each cause different injury patterns. (wikipedia.org)
  • High-order explosives (HE) detonation causes the explosive material to change into a highly pressurized gas which travels at supersonic speeds creating a 'blast wave' (over-pressurization shock wave). (wikipedia.org)
  • The twin blasts took place at Maur on January 31 a few seconds after Congress candidate Harminder Singh Jassi's vehicle passed by an abandoned car in which the explosives were kept. (hindustantimes.com)
  • These secondary blast injuries are the most common form of ocular injuries associated with high explosives and the most severe threat to eyes, accounting for around 80% of ocular injuries seen in military warfare. (gizmodo.com)
  • High order explosives - including nitroglycerine , plastic explosives and other military munitions - undergo detonation which is accompanied by a blast wave that is also a 'shock wave' travelling at supersonic speed. (webnode.com)
  • Low-order explosives - typically used as propellants (or fuels), and which combust through a process known as deflagration - the blast wave is subsonic. (webnode.com)
Shrapnel4
  • He also confirmed that the hospital had performed "several" amputations and has been treating patients for "shrapnel injuries. (businessinsider.com)
  • They may have ruptured ear drums, wounds from penetrating fragments (shrapnel), fractured legs or traumatic amputation, as well as burns of varying degrees and inhalation injuries. (wikipedia.org)
  • I had hundreds of injuries with shrapnel wounds all over my body, and still have shrapnel in me so it wasn't that big a deal for me. (thesun.co.uk)
  • The resulting storm of debris and shrapnel from shattered glass windows and building facades was the main source of injury to most patients," the study authors wrote. (gizmodo.com)
Lung Injury5
  • Primary blast injury occurring in the lungs is of importance, since lung injury results in one of the highest rate of blast mortality. (uwaterloo.ca)
  • In this study, a detailed finite element model of a sheep thorax and human thorax (developed at the University of Waterloo) was used to predict primary blast lung injury based on a range of blast loading conditions. (uwaterloo.ca)
  • The effect of orientation of the body position on primary blast lung injury was investigated. (uwaterloo.ca)
  • To learn more about your legal rights as a victim of a blast lung injury, contact us at 800-242-2874 today. (greenbaypersonalinjuryattorney.com)
  • Haemorrhage is the leading cause of death and blast lung injury is evident in 11% of Coalition casualties surviving to reach the (UK) Field Hospital. (bl.uk)
MTBI16
  • The goal of this project is to determine the effects of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and blast exposure on the vestibular system and CNS. (clinicaltrials.gov)
  • Dizziness and balance disorders are common symptoms associated with mTBI or head injury. (clinicaltrials.gov)
  • mTBI has been called the signature condition of Veterans returning from Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF), and the cause is often related to blast exposure from improvised explosive devices, mortars or rocket-propelled grenades. (clinicaltrials.gov)
  • Specific aims of this project are to determine the effect of mTBI and blast exposure on (1) peripheral vestibular system function (specifically, horizontal semicircular canal function, and otolith organ function), (2) central vestibular/CNS function, (3) postural stability, and (4) dizziness-related quality of life. (clinicaltrials.gov)
  • Four subject groups will include Veterans complaining of dizziness/imbalance with (1) a history of blast exposure, (2) with mTBI, (3) with blast exposure and mTBI, and (4) a control group. (clinicaltrials.gov)
  • The true prevalence of mTBI may be even higher, given that many blast-related injuries go undocumented [ 5 ]. (nature.com)
  • During the past decade, it has become apparent that even blast injury as a form of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) may lead to multiple different adverse outcomes, such as neuropsychiatric symptoms and long-term cognitive disability. (frontiersin.org)
  • These factors render blast injury as an arduous challenge in terms of diagnosis and treatment as well as identification of sensitive and specific biomarkers distinguishing mTBI from other non-TBI pathologies and from neuropsychiatric disorders with similar symptoms. (frontiersin.org)
  • Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) represents a major public health problem with an over 150,000 military personnel diagnosed with form of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), due to the exposure to blast resulting in a wide range of neurological and psychological symptoms ( 1 , 2 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • The goals of this study were to examine the use of computerized posturography (CPT) to objectively characterize chronic balance deficits after mTBI and to explore the utility of CPT in distinguishing between combat and blast-exposed participants with and without mTBI and PTSD. (nih.gov)
  • Veterans in the mTBI group had experienced one or more blast-related concussions. (frontiersin.org)
  • Members of the deployment control (DC) group encountered similar deployment conditions but had no history of blast-related mTBI. (frontiersin.org)
  • These findings suggest consideration of routine post-deployment neuroendocrine screening of service members and veterans who have experienced blast-related mTBI and are reporting post-concussive symptoms. (frontiersin.org)
  • However, the prevalence of PTHP after blast-related mild TBI (mTBI), an extremely common injury in modern military operations, has not been characterized. (washington.edu)
  • One group consisted of participants with blast-related mTBI whose last blast exposure was at least 1 year prior to the study. (washington.edu)
  • Direct tissue damage of blast-induced mTBI includes venous injury (leading to protein extravasation or a small hemorrhage), microthrombus formation (an injury to the tissue 'blood') and axonal shearing are specific forms of direct tissue injury. (elsevier.com)
Veterans19
  • There's insufficient reporting and research on the long-term health effects on U.S. veterans from blast exposure during Gulf War combat missions, according to the Institute of Medicine (IOM). (medpagetoday.com)
  • In the report, the IOM committee made recommendations to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on "how to produce research that would answer the question: What bad things does exposure to blast do to a human being? (medpagetoday.com)
  • Now, new research has revealed that veterans exposed to these types of blasts are still at risk of damage in their brain's white matter - even when symptoms do not present. (foxnews.com)
  • After being exposed to a blast, many military personnel will experience TBI symptoms, such as losing consciousness, blurred vision and headaches, but some veterans will come away from the experience without any clear signs of injury. (foxnews.com)
  • In order to analyze the effects of blasts further, Morey and his team evaluated 45 U.S. veterans who had served in the military since September 2001. (foxnews.com)
  • The idea would be that people who have had blast exposure should be aware that if they're experiencing chronic symptoms - like depression, irritability or fatigue - [veterans] and doctors should be aware it could be from blast exposure," Morey said. (foxnews.com)
  • In this study, we identified biomarker signatures in rats exposed to repetitive low-level blast that develop chronic anxiety-related traits and in human veterans exposed to IED blasts in theater with behavioral, cognitive, and/or memory complaints. (nature.com)
  • To create the models, Radovitzky and his students collaborated with David Moore, a neurologist at the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, who used magnetic resonance imaging to model features of the head. (healthcanal.com)
  • Blast injuries are common among military personnel and veterans who were exposed to loud sounds during their time in active duty. (hear.com)
  • Characterizing effects of mild traumatic brain injury and posttraumatic stress disorder on balance impairments in blast-exposed servicemembers and Veterans using computerized posturography. (nih.gov)
  • Data were analyzed from a subject pool of 166 combat-exposed SMs and Veterans who had a blast experience within the past 2 yr while deployed. (nih.gov)
  • NFTs are characteristic CTE lesions found in the brains of athletes with repetitive concussive injury, and as reported in this study, U.S. military veterans with blast exposure. (healthcanal.com)
  • The results showed that the brain damage in blast-exposed veterans is similar to the brain injuries observed in football players who have sustained repetitive concussive head injuries. (healthcanal.com)
  • This material is based on resources from Department of Veterans Affairs-Post-Deployment Health Services/War Related Illness and Injury Study Center and use of facilities from Veterans Affairs New Jersey Health Care System in East Orange, New Jersey. (annals.org)
  • At least three veterans groups, including the Blinded Veterans Association, are backing the congressional push to - as the letter to DOD and VA states - "get a better understanding of the connection between blast injuries and suicide. (nbcnews.com)
  • The portion of U.S. service members who sustained TBIs increased each year from 2001 to 2011 - with a total of 266,810 brain injuries diagnosed in American troops between 2000 and 2012, according to the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center , part of the DOD. (nbcnews.com)
  • The other consisted of Veterans with similar military deployment histories but without blast exposure. (washington.edu)
  • Despite the prevalence of blast-related injuries among returning war veterans there are still big gaps in research into long-term effects, according to a newly released study by the National Academy of Science's Institutes of Medicine (IOM). (apta.org)
  • The report also includes 10 recommendations for further study, mostly directed at the US Department of Defense (DOD) and Veterans Administration (VA). The recommendations focus on the need for further research and longitudinal studies as well as analyses of institutional barriers to collaborative studies, and an investigation into biomarkers of blast injury. (apta.org)
Neurotrauma7
  • These new findings raise the possibility that early-intervention with tau-based treatments may someday prove valuable in treating blast-induced neurotrauma. (medindia.net)
  • 1 Blast-Induced Neurotrauma Branch, Center for Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, USA. (nih.gov)
  • Their findings were recently reported in the online version of the Journal of Neurotrauma .Blast-induced traumatic brain injury (TBI) has become an important issue in combat casualty care, said senior investigator Patrick Kochanek, M.D., professor and vice chair of critical care medicine and director of the Safar Center for Resuscitation Research at Pitt. (medindia.net)
  • The research team created a blast neurotrauma mouse model that controlled head motion during blast exposure. (healthcanal.com)
  • About one in five wounded soldiers suffers from traumatic brain injury, and an estimated 52 percent of those injuries are blast-induced neurotrauma. (theallineed.com)
  • To determine whether a structured and quantitative assessment of differential olfactory performance-recognized between a blast-injured traumatic brain injury (TBI) group and a demographically comparable blast-injured control group-can serve as a reliable antecedent marker for preclinical detection of intracranial neurotrauma. (neurology.org)
  • Explosive blast neurotrauma. (semanticscholar.org)
Explosive19
  • Improvised explosive devices injuries. (medscape.com)
  • (A & B) Improvised explosive device multiple foreign bodies facial injury, demonstrating the amount of metallic fragments used with these improvised bombs to ensure injuries to many victims. (medscape.com)
  • A blast injury is a wound caused by direct or indirect exposure to an explosive blast . (wikipedia.org)
  • In conflict zones such as Afghanistan and Iraq, military personnel are often exposed to intense explosive blasts, which can lead to symptoms of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and eventually long-term brain damage. (foxnews.com)
  • Since their study only focused on patient outcomes, the researchers still do not know exactly how explosive blasts cause TBI or why some individuals experience symptoms and others do not. (foxnews.com)
  • The Army is also installing 42 vehicles with floor-and seat-mounted accelerometers to measure the effect of blasts on soldiers inside vehicles hit by improvised explosive devices. (medgadget.com)
  • Prevalence of blast-induced TBIs is attributed to several factors, including improved body armor, improved diagnostic techniques, greater awareness, and the increased threat of attack by improvised explosive devices (IEDs). (mit.edu)
  • The response characteristics of this prototype are then assessed experimentally by collecting pressure data during air blast loading provided by an explosive drive shock tube. (mit.edu)
  • Funded by the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization through the Army Research Office and the ISN, the analysis revealed that although the ACH - as currently designed and deployed - slightly delayed the arrival of the blast wave, it didn't significantly mitigate the wave's effects on brain tissue. (healthcanal.com)
  • Blast injuries can range from lethal to relatively minor injuries, depending upon the multiple factors such as distance from the blast, size of the explosive charge, and animal size. (dosits.org)
  • The breakthrough study, published today in the journal Science Translational Medicine , finds that the brain injuries suffered by soldiers from improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are due to the head rotation or motion from the blast wind. (healthcanal.com)
  • Thus, despite developments in military protective wear, the blast produced by many improvised explosive devices is associated with closed, as well as open-globe, injuries from fragmentary munitions. (biomedcentral.com)
  • For example, the major ingredient in Composition C-4 (Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine or RDX [Royal Demolition eXplosive]) can generate an initial pressure of more than 4 million pounds per square inch (4x10E6 PSI).13 These high pressure gases rapidly expand from the original volume and generate a marked pressure wave the blast wave that moves outward in all directions. (crashingpatient.com)
  • The blast wave refers to an intense rise in pressure often called over pressure that is created by the detonation of a high explosive This increase in pressure can be so abrupt that it can shatter materials also known as a shock wave. (crashingpatient.com)
  • Injury caused by projectiles formed from the explosive device, or from the local environment (leading to blunt and penetrating injuries). (webnode.com)
  • Injuries caused by other explosive effects, including burns and inhalation injury. (webnode.com)
  • Musculoskeletal injuries are particularly common in combat situations where compartment syndromes and traumatic amputations may be a result of improvised explosive devices. (qqmovies.info)
  • The wounding patterns of blast injuries are well known to any military medic who has served recently on operations, with Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) constituting a significant proportion of the casualties on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan. (sofrep.com)
  • Primary blast injury results from the over-pressurisation wave emanating from high-explosive charges interacting with body surfaces. (sofrep.com)
Ocular11
  • Thermal burn injury from radiant energy usually results from contact with hot gases leading to cell death and thermal necrosis and penetration, which can affect a large ocular surface area. (medscape.com)
  • Ocular/orbital areas that contain liquid and other different tissue media bounded by air-containing sinuses are also vulnerable to severe injury. (medscape.com)
  • To determine whether Compound 49b, a novel beta-adrenergic receptor agonist, can prevent increased inflammation and apoptosis in mice after exposure to ocular blast. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Ocular blast injury produces a significant increase in levels of key inflammatory and apoptotic markers in the retina as early as 4 hours after blast exposure. (biomedcentral.com)
  • To better understand the nature of eye damage after exposure to ocular blast, a good model needs to be developed. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Primary blast exposure can cause significant ocular injuries even at low blast energy levels. (arvojournals.org)
  • Closed-globe injuries of the ocular surface associated with combat blast exposure. (semanticscholar.org)
  • Closed-eye ocular injuries in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. (semanticscholar.org)
  • Ocular injury reduction from ocular protection use in current combat operations. (semanticscholar.org)
  • A meta-analysis of ocular firework injuries noted that the majority of injuries occurred in males (75%), under the age of 30 (67%), and that 47% of these cases were in bystanders. (acep.org)
  • In the first experiment vestibular and ocular motor function in military personnel with primary blast injury was characterized to further develop our understanding of post-blast induced dizziness/imbalance. (ecu.edu)
Wounds2
  • The injury pat-tern known as DCBI , Car-aval-ho said, is typ-i-cal-ly caused by a mine or road-side-bomb explo-sion, affects troops on foot patrol, and involves trau-mat-ic ampu-ta-tion of one leg, at least a severe injury to the oth-er leg, and wounds to any or all of the pelvis, abdomen and gen-i-tals. (globaldefence.net)
  • therefore, limb injuries form a high proportion of the wounds that present at hospitals during conflicts. (bmj.com)
Tissues7
  • Brain tissues of rats exposed to blast and to a sham procedure were tested two and 24 hours after the injury.Gene activity patterns, which shifted over time, resembled patterns seen in neurodegenerative diseases, particularly Alzheimer's, Dr. Kochanek noted. (medindia.net)
  • These sudden pressure extremes can produce direct physical injury to body tissues or indirect injuries from debris or transport of bodies into other objects. (dosits.org)
  • We developed a computational model to simulate the propagation of the blast wave and the interaction of the blast wave with a deforming tissues. (arvojournals.org)
  • In human tissues, the transfer of reflected blast injury through the dense substrates such as muscle and liver into the less dense material of the GI tract and lungs may cause spalling. (crashingpatient.com)
  • The third possible mechanism of primary blast injury is the inertial effect related to the differences in tissue density and speed of the blast wave through the tissues of different densities. (crashingpatient.com)
  • Primary blast injury occurs due to changes in velocity of the blast pressure wave as it moves between tissues of different densities. (sofrep.com)
  • These changes in velocity of the blast wave cause increased energy to be dissipated into the surrounding tissues resulting in damage. (sofrep.com)
Tertiary blast3
  • Injuries resulting from this type of traumatic impact are referred to as tertiary blast injuries. (wikipedia.org)
  • Tertiary blast injuries are those that take place when the sound produced by the blast wind causes a person's body to be physically thrown in the air. (hear.com)
  • Brain injuries are usually a consequence of secondary or tertiary blast injury and may include intracranial haemorrhage , direct parenchymal damage and cerebral contusion. (qqmovies.info)
Mild blast-induced traumatic brain1
  • Mild blast-induced traumatic brain injury (mbTBI) poses special diagnostic challenges due to its overlapping symptomatology with other neuropsychiatric conditions and the lack of objective outcome measures. (nih.gov)
Researchers15
  • So even though limb amputations after blast exposure damage would seem obviously associated, the data was too incomplete to allow researchers to rank it as truly causation for a long-term health effect," Bazarian explained. (medpagetoday.com)
  • He also noted that researchers focused on injuries sustained during combat, but did not offer details. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Even when the researchers looked at the mechanism (blast or non-blast), "they often didn't compare the injuries in a war fighter exposed to blast to the injuries in a war fighter not exposed to blast. (medpagetoday.com)
  • To address a lack of consistent terminology, researchers offer new conceptualization of high-level and low-level blast exposure. (cdc.gov)
  • The researchers say the product one day could be used to reconstruct soldier's faces marred by blast injuries. (scienceblog.com)
  • But the small wearable devices did produce a trove of data on blast exposure that could eventually have helped researchers understand the links between bomb blasts, concussions and brain diseases. (kalw.org)
  • Researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) and the University of Maryland A. James Clark School of Engineering have developed a new military vehicle shock absorbing device that may protect troops from traumatic brain injury (TBI) after a land mine blast. (brightsurf.com)
  • Raul Radovitzky, an associate professor in MIT's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, is among the researchers looking at ways to prevent these injuries. (healthcanal.com)
  • The researchers compared how the brain would respond to the same blast wave simulated in three scenarios: a head with no helmet, a head wearing the ACH, and a head wearing the ACH with a face shield. (healthcanal.com)
  • While researchers can put instruments inside helmets to test and measure the impact of blasts on the helmets, "what is ultimately important is the impact of the blast on the face, skull and brain," he says, noting that the models created by Radovitzky's team help to predict that impact. (healthcanal.com)
  • Now, researchers from the Royal British Legion Centre for Blast Injury Studies at Imperial College London will lead on a project to set up a regional surgical blast injury hub in Sri Lanka, thanks to funds from the UK's Department of Health . (imperial.ac.uk)
  • The Imperial researchers, working with their partners, will firstly address the characteristics of blast injuries in the region so that they can identify when amputations can be avoided and limb salvage procedures conducted. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • The researchers also compared brain tissue samples from four soldiers with known blast exposure and/or concussive injury with brain tissue samples from three amateur American football players and a professional wrestler with histories of repetitive concussive injuries. (healthcanal.com)
  • The three-year-long study, believed to be the first and only research effort that has clearly identified an injury mechanism from the direct effects of blasts, involved 35 researchers from 14 university research centers, medical schools, hospitals or other centers. (healthcanal.com)
  • Researchers identified early indicators of retinal injury and inflammation that may help detect individuals at risk of visual impairment who would then benefit from more timely treatment. (medicalxpress.com)
Severe11
  • If the abdominal injuries are severe, there may be vomiting and passage of blood in the urine or stools. (britannica.com)
  • Total body disruption is the most severe and invariably fatal primary injury. (wikipedia.org)
  • Blast lung refers to severe pulmonary contusion, bleeding or swelling with damage to alveoli and blood vessels, or a combination of these. (wikipedia.org)
  • Permissive hypercapnea ventilation in patients with severe pulmonary blast injury. (springer.com)
  • Her book, A Change of Mind published by Lash and Associates Publishing/Training, chronicles the changes in her marriage when her husband, Gerry Breese, had a severe brain injury from a motorcycle crash while on duty as a Mounted Policeman in Canada. (lapublishing.com)
  • Many times they don't even realize they've been injured, and this is particularly alarming because these injuries have been linked to severe long-term psychiatric and degenerative neurological dysfunction," says Riyi Shi, a professor in the basic medical sciences department and school of biomedical engineering at Purdue University. (theallineed.com)
  • Out of the 48 injured eyes in total, seven endured injury severe enough to cause legal blindness (vision at 20/200 or below) in that eye. (gizmodo.com)
  • The group, which Car-aval-ho chaired, includ-ed experts from the Army, Marine Corps and Vet-er-ans Affairs Depart-ment, who exam-ined the caus-es, pre-ven-tion, pro-tec-tion, treat-ment and long-term care options for ser-vice mem-bers suf-fer-ing these severe injuries, he added. (globaldefence.net)
  • Car-aval-ho said while severe injuries near-ly dou-bled from 2009 to 2010, mil-i-tary med-i-cine is sav-ing more lives than ever before. (globaldefence.net)
  • That's why we've seen such suc-cess in sur-vival in this war, with severe injuries. (globaldefence.net)
  • If there is significant crush injury , compartment syndrome , or severe burns, rhabdomyolysis may cause hyperkalaemia and myoglobinuric renal failure . (qqmovies.info)
Centre for Blast Injury Studies2
  • and Professor (Colonel) Jon Clasper, a Visiting Professor at the Royal British Legion Centre for Blast Injury Studies. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • The Royal British Legion Centre for Blast Injury Studies at Imperial College is a collaboration between military and civilian clinicians, scientists and engineers. (imperial.ac.uk)
Shock7
  • mild shock is common and, though itself of little moment, may be a manifestation of extensive internal injuries. (britannica.com)
  • Heavy weapons like these generate a shock wave that may cause brain injuries. (kalw.org)
  • Dr. Fourney, Ulrich Leiste, PhD, assistant research engineer in the Clark School's Department of Aerospace Engineering, and doctoral researcher Jarrod Bonsmann, PhD, developed highly advanced shock absorber designs that incorporate polyurea-coated tubes and other structures to reduce reducing the blast acceleration experienced by vehicle occupants by up to 80 percent. (brightsurf.com)
  • The research team developed a rat model to examine whether mild blast exposure in a device called a shock tube caused any changes in the brain even if there was no indication of direct cell death, such as bleeding. (medindia.net)
  • Blast injury is a type of acoustic shock that affects not only your ears but your brain as well. (hear.com)
  • In addition to shock wave disturbance caused by the movement of energy through a medium " target="_blank" >wave related injuries, animals can also be harmed by the high sound pressure levels of the sound wave that accompanies a blast which may produce temporary or permanent hearing loss. (dosits.org)
  • Investigators used a compressed air-driven shock tube system to expose mice to blast wave pressure of 300 kPa (equivalent to 3-times atmospheric pressure) per day for three days. (medicalxpress.com)
Afghanistan5
  • The Pentagon has quietly sidelined a program that placed blast gauges on thousands of combat troops in Afghanistan. (kalw.org)
  • Over the past 18 years of conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, more than 250,000 troops have suffered such injuries. (brightsurf.com)
  • Data analysis revealed important factors that could enhance the quality of prehospital care for civilian casualties of landmine and unexploded ordnance (UXO) blast injuries in Afghanistan. (dissertation.com)
  • WASHINGTON , Sept. 21, 2011 - The Army Sur-geon General's Office released its report yes-ter-day on dis-mount-ed com-plex blast injuries, which more than twice as many ser-vice mem-bers have suf-fered annu-al-ly since the 2009 troop surge in Afghanistan. (globaldefence.net)
  • Afghanistan: Bomb blasts killed at least 69 and wounded 50 more during Friday prayers at a mosque. (utoledo.edu)
Symptoms13
  • Research suggests that military blast exposure-induced hippocampal synaptopathy elevates the risk of developing persistent neurological symptoms. (cdc.gov)
  • The vets were divided into three groups: those with a history of blast exposure and symptoms of TBI, those with blast exposure and no TBI symptoms, and those with no history of blast exposure. (foxnews.com)
  • Recently, magnetic resonance imaging techniques have been developed that may allow for testing the assumption that the symptoms of dizziness or imbalance related to head injury or blast exposure are often due to central vestibular or CNS involvement. (clinicaltrials.gov)
  • Concern exists over the role of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the chronic cognitive and behavioral symptoms that may develop during or after military service [ 1 ]. (nature.com)
  • In addition to these symptoms, other a blast injury patient may experience tinnitus (ringing in the ear), hyperacusis (auditory hypersensitivity), vertigo, and/or balance disturbances. (hear.com)
  • Blast injury usually occurs in only one ear, and in most cases, the symptoms will go away on their own in just a few days. (hear.com)
  • Generally, the symptoms of a blast injury do not progress further, worsening with time. (hear.com)
  • Traumatic brain injury (TBI) results from mechanical loads in the brain, often without skull fracture, and causes complex, long-lasting symptoms. (rxpgnews.com)
  • Some of those brain injuries are difficult to diagnose because people don't always display obvious motor impairment or other neurological symptoms. (theallineed.com)
  • however, animal models show long-term, persistent elevations in oxidative stress and vascular abnormalities after blast exposure ( 3 ), which may contribute to respiratory symptoms. (annals.org)
  • Of these, 22 received medical help the day of the blast from eye doctors, while 17 presented symptoms in the following three months. (gizmodo.com)
  • It is defined operationally by the appearance of temporary symptoms such as headache, nausea, vomiting, dizziness/balance problems, fatigue, sleep disturbances, difficulty remembering and difficulty concentrating after exposure to a blast. (elsevier.com)
  • In experiment two, auditory symptoms and auditory evoked potentials were examined to evaluate the prevalence of cochlear hydrops post blast exposure. (ecu.edu)
Occur6
  • Blast lung is an injury that can occur without many any physical signs. (greenbaypersonalinjuryattorney.com)
  • Even with improved eye protective wear, eye injuries still occur in 24% of blast injury cases. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This is thought to occur when a blast wave moves from a dense medium such as water to a less dense medium such as air. (crashingpatient.com)
  • Spalling also is believed to occur when the blast wave transits from the rib cage into the lung. (crashingpatient.com)
  • During rapid ascent, incidents of pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum as well as sinus squeeze and inner ear injuries can occur. (medscape.com)
  • Naturally these specific injury patterns don't occur in isolation, and will occur concurrently in the blast-injured patient. (sofrep.com)
Pathophysiology2
  • The pathophysiology of blast injury exposure involves complex cascades of chronic psychological stress, autonomic dysfunction, and neuro/systemic inflammation. (frontiersin.org)
  • The pathophysiology of blast-induced mild TBI is still poorly understood. (elsevier.com)
Organs9
  • At the top of the list, the committee found sufficient evidence for a causal relationship between blast exposure and vision loss from penetrating eye injury and functional loss in blast-exposed sex organs. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Air and fluid-filled internal organs are most commonly affected, but the blast wave may also cause external injuries such as traumatic amputation. (wikipedia.org)
  • Recently, methods have been developed to assess otolith function, and there is some evidence that head injury may affect the otolith organs to a greater degree than the semicircular canals. (clinicaltrials.gov)
  • Dr. Fiskum and Dr. Fourney were the first to demonstrate how the enormous acceleration (G-force) that occupants of vehicles experience during under-vehicle blasts can cause mild to moderate TBI even under conditions where other vital organs are unscathed. (brightsurf.com)
  • These studies demonstrated that Kevlar protection is effective in protecting internal organs from injury, but that the brain and eyes are still affected by the blast wave. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Air-filled organs, such as the ears, lungs, stomach, and intestines are particularly at risk for blast injuries. (cemmlibrary.org)
  • The first mechanism of injury usually described as the etiology of primary blast injury is the implosion of gas-filled spaces as the high pressure blast wave compresses them.18,19 This theory states that the organs that are most vulnerable to blast injury are those containing air because the air readily is compressed. (crashingpatient.com)
  • Air-filled organs (eg ear, lung, and gastrointestinal tract) and organs surrounded by fluid-filled cavities (eg brain and spinal cord) are particularly susceptible to primary blast injury. (qqmovies.info)
  • The report identified permanent eye injury and damage to genitourinary organs as highly linked, while pulmonary function, vertigo, and exercise limitation were described as insufficiently linked to the initial blast injury. (apta.org)
Debris2
  • Most casualties are caused by secondary injuries as generally a larger geographic area is affected by this form of injury than the primary blast site as debris can easily be propelled for hundreds to thousands of meters. (wikipedia.org)
  • A secondary blast injury is caused by people being hit by debris that is physically displaced by the blast pressure wave. (qqmovies.info)
Abnormalities3
  • Eyes on the same side as the blast showed greater abnormalities than eyes on the other side. (medicalxpress.com)
  • PURPOSE To describe closed-globe conjunctival and corneal injuries and endothelial cell abnormalities associated with blast exposure and their relationships to other closed-globe injuries and blast-event characteristics. (semanticscholar.org)
  • The vast majority of abnormalities observed were consistent with central deficits and may highlight the brain stem as one region susceptible to blast injury. (ecu.edu)
Bomb blast8
  • But war hero Ben McBean, who defied the odds to become a dad after suffering groin injuries in the Taliban bomb blast that cost him his limbs, has got it all worked out. (thesun.co.uk)
  • Oddly, the soldier hadn't been anywhere near a bomb blast. (kalw.org)
  • Two months after twin bomb blast in Maur, 12-year-old Ankush Kumar succumbed to injuries in Ludhiana hospital on early Friday morning. (hindustantimes.com)
  • The local residents and members of the Maur Bomb Blast Virodhi Sangharsh Committee staged a protest keeping Ankush's body in the middle of the road and they insisted they will not hold the last rites of the child till their demands are accepted. (hindustantimes.com)
  • Bomb blast injuries to the ear: the London Bridge incident series. (bmj.com)
  • Twelve patients who were treated for ear injuries at Guy's Hospital following the London Bridge bomb blast in February 1992 were reviewed. (bmj.com)
  • In summary, the ear is very susceptible to bomb blast injury, but there is a high rate of spontaneous closure of perforations and improvement of sensorineural hearing loss and tinnitus. (bmj.com)
  • Follow this link to see an animated reconstruction of a bomb blast in an enclosed space . (webnode.com)
Pulmonary3
  • Blast lung can result in pulmonary contusions, bleeding and fluid build-up in the lungs with damage to airways and blood vessels. (wikipedia.org)
  • DuBose R., Karmy-Jones R. (2002) Primary Pulmonary Blast Injury. (springer.com)
  • [ 3 ] So some experts think that asymptomatic patients with intact tympanic membranes have a very low likelihood of occult pulmonary or intestinal primary blast injury. (qqmovies.info)
Soldiers2
  • The Army hopes that the I-BESS (Integrated Blast Effects Sensor Suite) system, which passively collects and manages the data with minimal maintenance by the soldiers, will help identify those with a greater chance for asymptomatic injuries, often in the brain, and improve armor and other mitigation strategies. (medgadget.com)
  • This would be difficult to test in any useful way without using models," says Joseph Rosen, a professor of surgery at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center who was not involved in this research but who chaired a Department of Defense science panel that analyzed the impact of blast injuries on wounded soldiers. (healthcanal.com)
Lungs3
  • In the experiments reported here the ultrastructural changes seen in lungs from rats exposed to a blast wave impacting on the right side of the chest are described. (nih.gov)
  • However, very different results were obtained when the predicted injury for the right and left lungs was compared. (uwaterloo.ca)
  • As the blast wave moves into the air-filled lungs however the density of the tissue decreases significantly and the blast wave accelerates, causing increased damage. (sofrep.com)
Brain injury34
  • They noted sufficient evidence for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), endocrine dysfunction due to blast-related traumatic brain injury (TBI), and long-term dermal effects (cutaneous granulomas). (medpagetoday.com)
  • Trying to figure that out and tease that out from other areas of traumatic brain injury I think is going to be critical for the military. (brainline.org)
  • This work sheds light on the role of cerebral vasculature in blast-induced traumatic brain injury. (hindawi.com)
  • The purpose of this project is to determine the effects of mild traumatic brain injury and blast exposure on the inner ear balance and central nervous systems. (clinicaltrials.gov)
  • Some of the big questions in mild traumatic brain injury are about a molecule called tau" said Dr. David Cook of VA Puget Sound Health Care System and University of Washington. (medindia.net)
  • Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a risk factor for the later development of neurodegenerative diseases that may have various underlying pathologies. (nature.com)
  • Mild traumatic brain injury after blast exposure produces inflammation, oxidative stress and gene activation patterns that are similar to disorders of memory processing, a multicenter study led by scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine shows. (medindia.net)
  • Among the U.S. military personnel, blast injury is among the leading causes of brain injury. (frontiersin.org)
  • This has led to labeling the blast-induced TBI (bTBI) as the signature brain injury for combat troops in today's military ( 5 , 6 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • In a paper published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , he and his colleagues report that adding a face shield to the standard-issue helmet worn by the vast majority of U.S. ground troops could significantly reduce traumatic brain injury, or TBI. (healthcanal.com)
  • This guide helps parents explain the physical, cognitive, behavioral, social and communicative changes that can follow a brain injury, blast injury or PTSD. (lapublishing.com)
  • It discusses the complex and conflicting emotions expressed by many sons and daughters as they recount the impact of a mother or father s brain injury on their lives and their family. (lapublishing.com)
  • Based on extensive interviews with children and teens, this guide tells their story through their personal experiences as they grew up with a parent with a brain injury or PTSD. (lapublishing.com)
  • Author of many publications on the psychosocial impact of brain injury, her writing and training emphasize coping strategies for families and practical interventions by professionals and educators in hospitals, rehabilitation, schools and community programs. (lapublishing.com)
  • Active on many national committees, she formerly co-chaired the National Task Force on Children and Adolescents of the Brain Injury Association of America. (lapublishing.com)
  • She is on various national task forces on brain injury and editorial boards of rehabilitation journals. (lapublishing.com)
  • She is the Past Chair of the Brain Injury Association of North Carolina and current Chair of the North Carolina Statewide Advisory Council on Traumatic Brain Injury. (lapublishing.com)
  • Janelle is an author, international speaker and a long-standing advocate for families and survivors of brain injury. (lapublishing.com)
  • She knows first hand the stress and challenges of trying to be a parent to two children while simultaneously being a wife and primary caregiver to a husband with significant cognitive, behavioral and emotional challenges following a traumatic brain injury. (lapublishing.com)
  • Her next book, Extraordinary Mourning: Understanding Grief after Brain Injury, will be published soon. (lapublishing.com)
  • She is editor of Headline a quarterly publication serving the brain injury community. (lapublishing.com)
  • As a co-author of the paper, Moss contributed to the sections describing the blast characteristics and the discussion leading to the conclusion that blast-induced head motion was the predominant brain injury mechanism. (healthcanal.com)
  • The possibility that blasts may contribute to traumatic brain injury has implications for injury diagnosis and improved armor design, Moss said. (rxpgnews.com)
  • PURPOSE: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a risk factor for developing chronic neurodegenerative conditions including Alzheimer's disease (AD). (safetylit.org)
  • During that same span, according to the DOD's brain injury center, the number of annual TBI diagnoses among American troops has ballooned from 11,580 in 2001 to 32,609 in 2011 - an increase of 182 percent. (nbcnews.com)
  • Blast-induced traumatic brain injury (b-TBI) is regarded as the 'signature injury' of modern violent conflict. (signalprocessingsociety.org)
  • Studies of traumatic brain injury from all causes have found evidence of chronic hypopituitarism, defined by deficient production of one or more pituitary hormones at least 1 year after injury, in 25-50% ofcases. (washington.edu)
  • It has been shown that those who have served in both combat missions and peacekeeping operations are at increased risk for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). (iospress.nl)
  • This time you will be discussing the effects of Traumatic Brain Injury and ongoing efforts to address the devastating impact of these injuries. (iospress.nl)
  • I believe these workshops are important because it is imperative that we continue to work together towards better and more effective strategies to both prevent and treat Traumatic Brain Injury. (iospress.nl)
  • To summarize imaging findings in blast-related mild traumatic brain injury. (elsevier.com)
  • Diffusion tensor imaging studies showed abnormal diffusion within white matter tracts commonly associated with traumatic brain injury, including the corpus callosum (8 of the 18) and superior longitudinal fasciculus (8 of the 18). (elsevier.com)
  • The inherent spatial heterogeneity of mild traumatic brain injury pathology presents a major challenge to meaningful convergence across and generalizable inferences. (elsevier.com)
  • These gaps exist not only in research into specific injury types, but also in understanding the ways in which blast injuries can involve multiple systems and create "cross system interactions" such as mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). (apta.org)
Wave30
  • Solid blast is the effect of a pressure wave that strikes the walls of a contained environment like that of a submarine or tank. (britannica.com)
  • Nasal-orbital-ethmoidal (NOE) skeleton injured by primary blast wave dynamic impact leads to total collapse of tensile strength gained by architectural features of the medial orbital walls, with widening of intercanthal space treated by immediate management using portex tracheotomy tube as scaffold to the crushed nasal skeleton. (medscape.com)
  • The combination of pressure wave and blast wind may weaken structures. (nielsenhayden.com)
  • The blast wave causes primary blast injuries such as blast lung. (wikipedia.org)
  • There were barely any external signs of injury, death was due solely to internal injuries from the blast wave. (wikipedia.org)
  • The structures of the internal ears are most often affected by the blast wave, with perforated ear drums the most common injury. (wikipedia.org)
  • But the hypothesis is…experts think the energy transmitted from the blast wave gets transferred to the brain tissue and then damages the brain tissue. (foxnews.com)
  • Some investigators have presumed that dizziness and balance disorders following blast exposure are related to CNS damage caused by the TBI rather than the pressure wave from the blast injury. (clinicaltrials.gov)
  • The models integrate with unprecedented detail the anatomical features of the head, including the skull, sinuses, cerebrospinal fluid and layers of gray and white matter, as well as the physical characteristics of the blast wave. (healthcanal.com)
  • In all three simulations, the blast wave struck the person from the front. (healthcanal.com)
  • However, in contrast to the results of a previous study, Radovitzky's team found that the ACH also did not worsen the effects of the blast wave. (healthcanal.com)
  • Typically, a blast injury is more likely if the sound wave lasts for a short amount of time (about 1-2 minutes). (hear.com)
  • This study has evaluated the importance of blast wave parameters in predicting primary blast injury, an important consideration for the improvement of blast protection, and the effect of body orientation on primary blast injury, an important consideration for experimental testing and a starting point for the evaluation of complex blast loading. (uwaterloo.ca)
  • Modern military conflict has dramatically increased the number of military personnel and civilians exposed to blast wave pressure. (medicalxpress.com)
  • In this model, the retina may serve as an area of the central nervous system that is more vulnerable than the brain and, therefore, may be an effective and more sensitive indicator of low-level injury due to blast-wave pressure," noted Dr. Greenlee. (medicalxpress.com)
  • To tackle this puzzle, the team used three-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations to prove that direct action of the blast wave on the head causes skull flexure, producing mechanical loads in brain tissue comparable to those in an injury-inducing impact, even at nonlethal blast pressures as low as 1 bar above atmospheric pressure. (rxpgnews.com)
  • In contrast, a blast wave squeezes the skull, creating pressures as large as an injury-inducing impact and pressure gradients in the brain that are much larger. (rxpgnews.com)
  • This occurs even when the bulk head accelerations induced by a blast wave are much smaller than from a direct impact. (rxpgnews.com)
  • The blast wave sweeps over the skull like a rolling pin going over dough, said King, LLNL co-principal investigator. (rxpgnews.com)
  • In the first case, the 1.3 centimeter gap between the webbing and the shell allows the blast wave to wash under the helmet. (rxpgnews.com)
  • In this case, the blast wave is focused by the shape of the helmet and the pressures under the helmet exceed those outside, so the helmet doesn't prevent the rippling deformation of the skull and pressure gradients in the brain. (rxpgnews.com)
  • In the second case, this under wash effect is mostly prevented by the presence of the foam pads, but under blast loading, the pads can become stiffer so that the blast wave-induced motion or deformation of the helmet is transferred to the skull. (rxpgnews.com)
  • Primary blast injury occurs when the blast wave hits the body. (cemmlibrary.org)
  • We applied the model to evaluate the intraocular pressure and stresses in the tissue structures caused by the blast wave and evaluate the probability risk of injury based on experimental data for blunt impact available in the literature. (arvojournals.org)
  • The blast wave loading may generated significant risk of Corneal Abrasions and Hyphema. (arvojournals.org)
  • Prolonged latency for wave III of the auditory brain stem response was observed in 41.2% of the blast injured population. (ecu.edu)
  • Blunt impact injury sustained when a person is displaced (propelled) by the blast wave/ wind into an object or a hard surface (or when an object is propelled into a person). (webnode.com)
  • When this occurs, the blast wave either accelerates (when moving from high to low densities) or decelerates (when moving from low to high densities). (sofrep.com)
  • The best example is perhaps as the blast wave passes through the chest of a casualty. (sofrep.com)
  • The images below show a diagrammatic representation of a blast wave passing through a cross-sectional CT scan of a chest, as well as an actual (paediatric) blast lung casualty on X-ray and CT scan ( Barnard & Johnson 2013 ). (sofrep.com)
Retinal6
  • Fluorescent microscopy showing GFAP (activation of retinal M?ller glia, green), and phosphorylated tau (pThr231, red) co-localization in glial cells (yellow) in a retina of a mouse exposed to blast. (medicalxpress.com)
  • These findings showed the prolonged impact of blast injury on the retina, as well as the vulnerability of particular retinal cell types to blast injury. (medicalxpress.com)
  • The purpose of this study was to examine chronic effects of blast TBI on retinal ganglion cells (RGC), optic nerve, and brain amyloid load in a mouse model of AD amyloidosis. (safetylit.org)
  • In this study of various blast pressures, the authors found only one eye to have changes to the retina, choroid, or retinal pigmented epithelium after exposure to 26 psi. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The stress analyses in our study correlate with the observed primary blast injuries in animal and cadaveric tissue studies, including retinal and scleral delamination, and lens detachment. (arvojournals.org)
  • In this process the genetic networks activated by injury will be defined along with biological markers of retinal injury. (dtic.mil)
Dizziness1
  • Dizziness and imbalance are common complaints among the blast-injured population. (ecu.edu)
Patterns6
  • In blasts we see different patterns of injury, and there may be areas of the brain that are injured more in blasts than football or car accidents. (brainline.org)
  • Face, neck, and eye protection: adapting body armour to counter the changing patterns of injuries on the battlefield. (semanticscholar.org)
  • As an ED physician, be aware of the injury patterns and attempt anticipatory guidance on safe summer practices any chance that presents itself. (acep.org)
  • With that thought in mind, it is important that first responders and civilian medical staff have an understanding of the patterns of injury associated with blasts, as to be best prepared for the very real possibility that a mass-casualty incident occurs in their city. (sofrep.com)
  • This article presents an overview of the specific wounding patterns of blasts to better inform medical responders of the constellations of injury patterns following blasts, as to be able to manage not only the obvious, but also the unseen life-threatening injuries. (sofrep.com)
  • It is important that research on blast [injuries] emphasize multisystem injury patterns and seek to understand the clinical importance of cross-system interactions. (apta.org)
Severity of injury3
  • By increasing the pressure or its duration, the severity of injury will also increase. (wikipedia.org)
  • The likelihood and severity of injury to the sclera, angle, choroid, retina, and optic nerve head increased significantly with specific impulse, i.e., the area under the pressure-time trace created by the blast pressure waveform (Fig. 1). (arvojournals.org)
  • Although the rate and the severity of injury have been on the decline since the latter part of the twentieth century, there remains a significant problem. (acep.org)
Occurs2
  • The current study expands upon our earlier finding that chronic pituitary gland dysfunction occurs with a similarly high frequency after blast-related concussions. (frontiersin.org)
  • Traumatic pneumothorax most commonly occurs when the chest wall is pierced, such as when a stab wound or gunshot wound allows air to enter the pleural space, or because some other mechanical injury to the lung compromises the integrity of the involved structures. (wikipedia.org)
CONCLUSIONS2
  • CONCLUSIONS: When combined with a genetic susceptibility for developing amyloidosis of AD, blast TBI exposure leads to earlier RGC and optic nerve damage associated with modest but detectable increase in cerebral cortical Aβ pathology. (safetylit.org)
  • A self-made firecracker thrown from the window of a passing car or from the window of a multistory building could have caused a blast in which two women and a man received minor injuries, according to preliminary conclusions, Russian news agency TASS reported. (unian.info)
Rats exposed1
  • Rats exposed to repetitive low-level blasts accumulated abnormal hyperphosphorylated tau in neuronal perikarya and perivascular astroglial processes. (nature.com)
Multisystem injuries2
  • Data on "complex, multisystem injuries" associated with blast exposure has been lacking, according to the authors of the ninth installment of the IOM report "Gulf War and Health. (medpagetoday.com)
  • A fundamental feature of exposure to blast is that it can result in complex, multisystem injuries," the report states. (apta.org)
Mechanism2
  • Cite this: Mechanism and Emergency Management of Blast Eye/Orbital Injuries - Medscape - Apr 01, 2008. (medscape.com)
  • The third mechanism of injury is projectiles. (nielsenhayden.com)
Clinical2
  • For overviews of blast-related injuries and their clinical management, read here and here . (webnode.com)
  • The clinical picture of dyspnoea, cough and hypoxia is referred to as blast lung syndrome and represents impaired gas exchange and vascular shunting with ventilation mismatching. (qqmovies.info)
History of blast exposure1
  • In addition, they compared the brain tissue samples to those from a control group of four young men without a history of blast exposure, concussive injury or neurological disease. (healthcanal.com)
Military10
  • This work has important implications for improving outcomes in military blast-induced TBI and might be applicable to causes of civilian TBI, such as car crashes," he said. (brightsurf.com)
  • Are brain injuries from IED blasts causing the military suicide crisis? (nbcnews.com)
  • Let's collect more information and maybe the epidemiologists will find a way to unlock some of this mystery: Are military suicides actually more related to the brain injuries? (nbcnews.com)
  • More than 80 percent of those injuries were not deployment-related cases, with many occurring amid crashes of privately owned cars and military vehicles. (nbcnews.com)
  • Military prehospital evacuation times can be prolonged and the combined insults of haemorrhage and blast injury present a 'double hit' to oxygen delivery. (bl.uk)
  • Military personnel in combat zones are at increased risk for TBI resulting from blast injuries. (cemmlibrary.org)
  • Managing war injury is no longer the exclusive preserve of military surgeons. (bmj.com)
  • To date, the war on terror has produced over 30,000 wounded military personnel with a large proportions of injuries attributed to blasts. (ecu.edu)
  • Combining those individuals who were positive for cochlear hydrops and those who were possible for cochlear hydrops group, suggests that 24.3% of blast injured military personnel may be at risk for developing cochlear hydrops. (ecu.edu)
  • The new publication, Long-Term Effects of Blast Exposure (.pdf available for free, login required) , is the ninth volume in a series of congressionally mandated studies focusing on the health effects of military service. (apta.org)
Effects of blast1
  • Thus, most research has focused on the vestibular consequences of TBI (or head injury), and there is limited data on the effects of blast exposure on vestibular function or balance. (clinicaltrials.gov)
Ballistic2
  • Ballistic and blast in. (oup.com)
  • Conventional warfare : ballistic, blast, and burn injuries / specialty editors: Ronald F. Bellamy, Russ Zajtchuk. (who.int)
Diagnosis2
  • Even in people [with blast exposure] who have a TBI diagnosis, we don't know exactly what causes it," Morey said. (foxnews.com)
  • Additionally, this page explains how a physician diagnosis a blast injury and what treatments are available. (hear.com)
PTSD1
  • Using examples from children of all ages, it helps them understand their emotional reactions to a parent s injury or PTSD. (lapublishing.com)
Survivors1
  • what happened to survivors whose eyes were damaged as a result of the blast. (gizmodo.com)
20162
  • Although young adults 20-24 have the highest rate of injury, children younger than 15 accounted for 31% of injuries (CPSC Fireworks Report 2016). (acep.org)
  • It is internationally accepted that there are four distinct phases of blast injury ( CDC 2016 ), which are presented below. (sofrep.com)
Amputations2
  • Many questions remain unanswered," said committee member Jeffrey J. Bazarian, MD, MPH , of the University of Rochester in New York, who also told MedPage Today the report authors were surprised at the paucity of research to support associations between blast exposure and long-term health conditions, such as amputations. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Major limb injuries and amputations were classified as having a limited association while balance dysfunction and vertigo were classified as having inadequate/insufficient evidence of an association. (medpagetoday.com)
Underwater2
  • Underwater blasts may originate from torpedoes, mines, and depth charges. (britannica.com)
  • The injury is rare during peace time and there have been no publications on underwater-blast injuries since the end of World War II. (jamanetwork.com)
Significantly6
  • After blast exposure, righting reflex time and body-weight loss were significantly higher in BOP3 animals compared to BOP1 animals. (nih.gov)
  • Hearing aids significantly improve hearing after a blast injury, especially in setting where there is a lot of loud noise. (hear.com)
  • RESULTS: APP/PS1 mice exposed to blast TBI (TG-Blast) had significantly lower PERG and cPLR responses 2 months after injury compared to preblast values and compared to sham groups of APP/PS1 (TG-Sham) and nontransgenic (Non-TG-Sham) mice as well as nontransgenic blast-exposed mice (Non-TG-Blast). (safetylit.org)
  • The TG-Blast group also had significantly thinner RGC complex and more optic nerve damage compared to all groups. (safetylit.org)
  • When Compound 49b was applied within 4 hours or 24 hours of blast injury, levels of apoptotic and inflammatory mediators were significantly reduced. (biomedcentral.com)
  • These levels are significantly reduced if a beta-adrenergic receptor agonist is applied within 24 hours of blast exposure. (biomedcentral.com)
Troops3
  • In 2011, the Army put blast sensors like this one on thousands of combat troops. (kalw.org)
  • The blast gauges are about the size of a quarter, and troops wear three of them on their helmets and upper bodies. (kalw.org)
  • The Army began outfitting thousands of combat troops with blast gauges in 2011. (kalw.org)
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