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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.

Incidence and Epidemiology of Combat Injuries Sustained During the Surge Portion of Operation Iraqi Freedom by a U.S. Army Brigade Combat Team

Incidence and Epidemiology of Combat Injuries Sustained During "The Surge" Portion of Operation Iraqi Freedom by a U.S. Army Brigade Combat Team

Abstract

Background: A prospective, longitudinal analysis of injuries sustained by a large combat-deployed maneuver unit has not been previously performed.

Methods: A detailed description of the combat casualty care statistics, distribution of wounds, and mechanisms of injury incurred by a U.S. Army Brigade Combat Team during “The Surge” phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom was performed using a centralized casualty database and an electronic medical record system.

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.

Study Confirms Prolonged Army Deployments Increase Mental Health Diagnoses Among Army Wives

Alyssa Mansfield: Study Confirms Prolonged Army Deployments Increase Mental Health Diagnoses Among Army Wives

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Alyssa Mansfield, PhD, discusses her epidemiological study of the effects of deployment on mental health diagnoses in spouses of active duty Army personnel. This study showed that women whose husbands were deployed were more likely to have mental health diagnoses and more likely to use mental health services than women whose husbands were not deployed.

Developing a Window into the Brain for Traumatic Injury Diagnosis-BlogTalkRadio

Armed with Science on Blog Talk Radio

Episode #53: Developing a “Window into the Brain” for Traumatic Injury Diagnosis