TY - JOUR
T1 - Blast-related injuries from terrorism
T2 - An international perspective
AU - Lerner, E. Brooke
AU - O'Connor, Robert E.
AU - Schwartz, Richard
AU - Brinsfield, Kathryn
AU - Ashkenazi, Isaac
AU - Degutis, Linda C.
AU - Dionne, Jean Philippe
AU - Hines, Stephen
AU - Hunter, Simon
AU - O'Reilly, Gerard
AU - Sattin, Richard W.
PY - 2007/4
Y1 - 2007/4
N2 - Terrorism using conventional weapons and explosive devices is a likely scenario and occurs almost daily somewhere in the world. Caring for those injured from explosive devices is a major concern for acute injury care providers. Learning from nations that have experienced conventional weapon attacks on their civilian population is critical to improving preparedness worldwide. In September 2005, a multidisciplinary meeting of blast-related injury experts was convened including representatives from eight countries with experience responding to terrorist bombings (Australia, Colombia, Iraq, Israel, United Kingdom, Spain, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey). This article describes these experiences and provides a summary of common findings that can be used by others in preparing for and responding to civilian casualties resulting from the detonation of explosive devices.
AB - Terrorism using conventional weapons and explosive devices is a likely scenario and occurs almost daily somewhere in the world. Caring for those injured from explosive devices is a major concern for acute injury care providers. Learning from nations that have experienced conventional weapon attacks on their civilian population is critical to improving preparedness worldwide. In September 2005, a multidisciplinary meeting of blast-related injury experts was convened including representatives from eight countries with experience responding to terrorist bombings (Australia, Colombia, Iraq, Israel, United Kingdom, Spain, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey). This article describes these experiences and provides a summary of common findings that can be used by others in preparing for and responding to civilian casualties resulting from the detonation of explosive devices.
KW - Blast
KW - Disaster preparedness
KW - Emergency medical services
KW - International medicine
KW - Terrorism
KW - Trauma and injury
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U2 - 10.1080/10903120701204714
DO - 10.1080/10903120701204714
M3 - Review article
C2 - 17454800
AN - SCOPUS:34047129224
SN - 1090-3127
VL - 11
SP - 137
EP - 153
JO - Prehospital Emergency Care
JF - Prehospital Emergency Care
IS - 2
ER -