Terrorism and blast explosions: Lessons for the Australian surgical community

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 637-644

  Neuhaus, Susan J ^a,b,f   Sharwood, Peter F ^c,d   Rosenfeld, Jeffrey V ^b,e  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Australian Government Department of Defence   (Australia)

^c GREENSLOPES PRIVATE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Health Services Reserve Agency   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blast injury; Mass casualty; Suicide bombing; Terrorism; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; AMPUTATION; ARMY; AUSTRALIA; BLAST INJURY; BURN; EXPLOSION; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SURGEON; TERRORISM; THORAX INJURY; TRAUMATOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA; BLAST INJURIES; HUMANS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TERRORISM; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EID: 33745178790     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03795.x     Document Type: Review

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