OBJECTIVES To present a series of cases of survivors and non-survivors of traumatic asphyxia from a single mass casualty incident in Zimbabwe and a review of the literature. DESIGN Descriptive case review. SETTING Parirenyatwa Hospital is a tertiary referral 1 000 bed teaching hospital in Zimbabwe. RESULTS Survivors (n = 4) displayed the classic signs of traumatic asphyxia of conjunctival...

A need to understand the nature and patterns of bomb blast injury, particularly in confined spaces, has come to the fore with the current worldwide threat from terrorism. The purpose of this review article is to familiarize the radiologist with the imaging they might expect to see in a mass casualty terrorist event, illustrated by examples from two of the main institutions receiving patients fr...

Since the last century, triage is modified with scientific and modern approaches and more logically dependent on physiological needs and assessment findings of patients. Assess, Categorization/transport are the bases of all triage.2 Different types of triage are functional at present i.e. "Simple triage", used at the scene of a mass-casualty, to sort patients who need critical attention and con...