ALLMedicine™ Blast Injuries Center

Aug 30th, 2020 - In the past decade blast injuries have become more prevalent. Blast trauma may cause extensive injuries requiring improved early resuscitation and prevention of haemorrhage. Randomized prospective trials are logistically and ethically challenging,...

Aug 7th, 2020 - The chosen treatment and long-term evaluation of hindfoot blast injuries are not well-represented in the literature. The first objective of this retrospective study was to evaluate functional outcomes in French service personnel who had sustained ...

Jul 16th, 2020 - The Manchester Arena bombing on 22 May 2017 resulted in 22 deaths and over 160 casualties requiring medical attention. Given the threat of modern- era terrorist attacks in civilian environments, it is important that we are able to anticipate and a...

Jun 26th, 2020 - Current war-fighting environments have shifted dramatically over the past decade, and with this change, new types of injuries are afflicting American soldiers. Operative Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom have noted an increased use of s...

May 30th, 2020 - Improvised explosive device blast injuries frequently report at our center and showed the maximum amount of contamination and damage, both in the facial soft tissues and the skeletal tissues with impregnation of splinters with size ranging from 2 ...

May 17th, 2010 - This position paper, prepared by the Communication Sciences and Disorders Clinical Trails Research Group, describes communication and swallowing disorders associated with blast injuries and delineates the roles of speech-language pathologists (SLP...

Aug 30th, 2020 - In the past decade blast injuries have become more prevalent. Blast trauma may cause extensive injuries requiring improved early resuscitation and prevention of haemorrhage. Randomized prospective trials are logistically and ethically challenging,...

Aug 7th, 2020 - The chosen treatment and long-term evaluation of hindfoot blast injuries are not well-represented in the literature. The first objective of this retrospective study was to evaluate functional outcomes in French service personnel who had sustained ...

Jul 16th, 2020 - The Manchester Arena bombing on 22 May 2017 resulted in 22 deaths and over 160 casualties requiring medical attention. Given the threat of modern- era terrorist attacks in civilian environments, it is important that we are able to anticipate and a...

Jun 26th, 2020 - Current war-fighting environments have shifted dramatically over the past decade, and with this change, new types of injuries are afflicting American soldiers. Operative Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom have noted an increased use of s...

May 30th, 2020 - Improvised explosive device blast injuries frequently report at our center and showed the maximum amount of contamination and damage, both in the facial soft tissues and the skeletal tissues with impregnation of splinters with size ranging from 2 ...

Jul 21st, 2018 - Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is now recognized as a significant health issue that impacts both activeduty service members and veterans. Blast injuries sustained in operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have led to a rising incidence of TBI in the DoD.

Feb 13th, 2014 - 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). Data on "complex, multisystem injuries" associated with...

Feb 7th, 2014 - Want to win at Olympic bobsledding in Sochi? Just use a vibrostimulator. Ophthalmologists, take note: K-Y jelly has many uses, including in your patients' eyes. And have you ever seen those eyes turn "into pinwheels and spin uncontrollably?" From ...

May 21st, 2013 - It’s also important to observe patients who only have mild injuries, but who physicians suspect may have been exposed to the blast wave, because they might have primary blast injuries that may not initially cause symptoms, noted Dr. Severance.

High Pressure Is the Driving Force in Blast Injury Blast injuries are caused by the explosion's blast waves—fronts of high pressure that compress the surrounding air, said Dr. Ibolja Cernak at a meeting sponsored by the Institute of Medicine.