Explosion and Blast-Related Injuries
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Explosion and Blast-Related Injuries

Effects of Explosion and Blast from Military Operations and Acts of Terrorism

  1. 397 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Explosion and Blast-Related Injuries

Effects of Explosion and Blast from Military Operations and Acts of Terrorism

About this book

Explosion and Blast-Related Injuries is an authoritative text that brings together diverse knowledge gained from both the experience of clinicians treating blast casualties and the insights of scientists obtained from research and modeling of blast exposures. By providing information on explosion and blast injury patterns, as well as the mechanism of blast-induced injuries, it is a useful reference for both physicians and researchers. With contributions by experts from around the globe, the book covers topics such as the epidemiology of blast and explosion injury, pathology and pathophysiology, and the modeling and mechanism of injury. Finally, this book might stimulate additional studies into ways to improve our current mass casualty response systems. - Contains contributions from experts who had first hand experience dealing with explosion and blast injuries - Provides a diverse global experience derived from both military operations and terrorist attacks in civilian settings from the US, Europe and the Middle East - Covers such topics as epidemiology of blast and explosion injury, pathology and pathophysiology, modeling and mechanism of injury, and finally presents the global experiences of blast injury and mass casualty management

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Year
2010
Print ISBN
9780123695147
eBook ISBN
9780080878027

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Explosion and Blast-Related Injuries
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. List of Contributors
  6. Preface
  7. Introduction
  8. Part 1: Epidemiology of Blast and Explosion Injuries
  9. Part 2: Pathology and Pathophysiology of Blast Injuries
  10. Part 3: Modeling and Mechanisms of Primary Blast Injury
  11. Part 4: Global Experiences of Blast Injury and Mass Casualty Management
  12. Index

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