BACKGROUND Blood vessel trauma leading to hemorrhage or ischemia presents a significant cause of morbidity and mortality after battlefield injury. The objective of this study is to characterize the epidemiology of vascular injury in the wars of Iraq and Afghanistan, including categorization of anatomic patterns, mechanism, and management of casualties. METHODS The Joint Theater Trauma Registr...

INTRODUCTION Mortality in war is traditionally divided into two categories: killed in action and died of wounds. Mortality in civilian trauma is generally divided into three categories: immediate death (50%), early death (30%), and late death (20%). Can we identify a trimodal death distribution among war victims? METHODS We analyzed data for casualties in the Lebanon War from June 6 to Septem...

In hospitals with low morale among nurses, Revans8 found that patients had slower recovery rates, suggesting that the quality of care given to patients was adversely affected by the nurses' attempts to deal with their own anxiety. In the event of war, members of the AMS would experience the psychological problems of civilian doctors and nurses. They would also be exposed to many of the stressor...

AIM To analyze the type, severity, location, and timing of casualties in a Croatian Army brigade during an offensive action against enemy forces of about two infantry battalions timely prepared for defense. METHODS Casualties were analyzed according to bilateral manpower and equipment conditions, morale, time of the day, weather conditions, type of ground where the action took place, quality ...

health, fail at their work or drop out of university. A university is a specialised community, with a particular pattern of selection, varying techniques for processing its material and with a 'wastage rate' that is of national concern. There are special stresses?social, academic and cultural?to which its population are subject. These can erode a vulnerable, developing personality, provoke a la...