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Spine Immobilization in Penetrating Trauma-More Harm Than Good?

Spine Immobilization in Penetrating Trauma: More Harm Than Good?

Abstract:

Background: Previous studies have suggested that prehospital spine immobilization provides minimal benefit to penetrating trauma patients but takes valuable time, potentially delaying definitive trauma care. We hypothesized that penetrating trauma patients who are spine immobilized before transport have higher mortality than nonimmobilized patients.

Is Current Body Armor Enough Protection for our Troops?

Trauma Attenuating Backing Improves Protection Against Behind Armor Blunt Trauma

Abstract

Background: Body armor is used by military personnel, police officers, and security guards to protect them from fatal gunshot injuries to the thorax. The protection against high-velocity weapons may, however, be insufficient. Complementary trauma attenuating backings (TAB) have been suggested to prevent morbidity and mortality in high-velocity weapon trauma.

Diagnoses and factors associated with medical evacuation and return to duty for service members

Diagnoses and factors associated with medical evacuation and return to duty for service members participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom: a prospective cohort study

Summary:

Background

Anticipation of the types of injuries that occur in modern warfare is essential to plan operations and maintain a healthy military. We aimed to identify the diagnoses that result in most medical evacuations, and ascertain which demographic and clinical variables were associated with return to duty.

Visual Impairment In Combat Wounded Service Members With TBI

Visual impairment and dysfunction in combat-injured service members with traumatic brain injury.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine the frequencies of visual impairment and dysfunction among combat-injured Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center (PRC) inpatient and Polytrauma Network Site (PNS) outpatient military personnel with traumatic brain injury (TBI).