blast trauma

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blast trauma - injury caused the explosion of a bomb (especially in enclosed spaces)

harm, hurt, injury, trauma - any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.

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Police said an officer who was accompanying the bus on a motorbike was suffering from blast trauma and shock.

Football security stays at maximum after bus blasts

Other forensic anthropologists, archaeologists, and pathologists from North America provide 19 case studies of child abuse, blunt force trauma, descents from height, plane crashes, sharp force trauma and dismemberment, gunshot wounds, blast trauma, sexual abuse, and burned body interpretation, and issues like case knowledge, the use of descriptive anatomical language, knowledge of biomechanical processes, collaboration, patterns, contextual information, using geographic information systems (GIS), the influence of animal scavenging, and water immersion.

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El trauma por explosivos, tambien denominado BLAST trauma, se divide en cuatro categorias--primario, secundario, terciario y cuaternario--, dependiendo del mecanismo de lesion.

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Qiao's nanofoam may someday protect soldiers' brains from blast trauma and prevent blast-induced lung injury.

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Conclusion: All patients of blast trauma should have otological assessment and audiometry.

OTOLOGICAL TRAUMA: AN EXPERIENCE AT CMH PESHAWER

observed that blunt trauma and blast trauma were associated with different profiles, with blast-induced imbalance tending to be constant rather than intermittent, sensitive to the onset of exercise, and less characterized by BPPV.

Sensorintegrative dysfunction underlying vestibular disorders after traumatic brain injury: a review

Back at base, he took some ibuprofen, grumbled over the attention of Navy medical corpsmen checking for blast trauma and took an ordered day off to rest.

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They also address blast trauma as a risk factor, behavioral strategies and coping tips, and pediatric cases, and include the Iowa Interview for assessment.

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In the experiments, WHOI biologist Darlene Ketten, a team of blast trauma researchers, and Navy engineers meticulously attached pressure sensors to fresh carcasses of dolphins and sea turtles that had died by stranding themselves on beaches.

Turtle skulls prove to be shock-resistant: could sea turtles help us design better helmets and body armor for soldiers?

Polytrauma injuries consist of a multitude of injuries including traumatic brain injury (TBI), amputations, burns, blast trauma, sensory organ injuries, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental health injuries, and sensory organ damage.

Best-care practices for polytrauma

losses, Gorriceta suffered blast trauma and a concussion.

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20) Nonexplosive blast trauma is more common, occurring most often during human altercations, sports, and recreational water activities.