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Blast Injuries
I would like to begin a thread that discusses blast injuries.
My preference is to have people post "cases" that they have dealt with in the field. Please be as specific as you can be interms of circumstances (if not breaking any rules that govern that kind of information), i.e., indoors, outdoors, type of explosive used/suspected, ear pro, vests, etc.
We can discuss the diagnosis of injuries and general and specific therapies.
I'll include as much education in this one as I can... Unfortunately, the AD medical personnel will need more of this type of training...how much do they get pre-deployment?
so here we go........
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'Revel in action, translate perceptions into instant judgements, and these into actions that are irrevocable, monumentous and dreadful - all this with lightning speed, in conditions of great stress and in an environment of high tension:what is expected of "us" is the impossible, yet we deliver just that.
(adapted from: Sherwin B. Nuland, MD, surgeon and author: The Wisdom of the Body, 1997 )
Education is the anti-ignorance we all need to better treat our patients. ss, 2008.
The blade is so sharp that the incision is perfect. They don't realize they've been cut until they're out of the fight: A Surgeon Warrior. I use a knife to defend life and to save it. ss (aka traumadoc)
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