The Casualty Surgery of Air Raids

Medical Organization and Surgical Practice in Air Raids

Experiences of First Aid in Air Raids

?A meeting of the Bristol Division of the British Medical Association was held at the Physics Department, Royal Fort, University of Bristol, on Thursday, 12th June, with Dr. J. A. Nixon, Chairman of the Division, presiding. A symposium on " Experiences of First Aid in Air Raids " was held. In opening the meeting the Chairman said it was hoped to get together a body of experience which might be ...

Mass Casualty Response to Mine Explosion: A Case Report in Iran

Background: On May 3, 2017, at 11:58 AM local time, an explosion occurred in the Zemestan-Yurt coal mine in Azadshahr City of Golestan Province, northern Iran, which resulted in mass casualty incident. Materials and Methods: In total, more than 126 miners were affected. Of them, 43 miners were killed, 73 other workers who helped their coworkers were also injured and taken to the hospital, and ...

Army helicopter casualty evacuations in Belize in 1995 and 1996.

Since the withdrawal of Royal Air Force Puma helicopters from Belize in 1994, the role of casualty evacuation (CASEVAC) of British military personnel, Belizean citizens and foreign nationals throughout the country, has passed to 25 Flight Army Air Corps, currently equipped with Gazelle helicopters. Details of casualty evacuations during 1995 and 1996 have been collated and analysed in order to ...

Boston bombings: a surgical view of lessons learned from combat casualty care and the applicability to Boston's terrorist attack.

The Boston bombing incident was a recent civilian mass casualty terrorist event that demonstrated effective transfer of the lessons of combat casualty care to inform effective civilian medical care. Thirty-nine patients were seen at Brigham and Women's Hospital and thirteen patients received emergency surgery in the first few hours after the event. The subsequent management, total hospital days...