iran is one of the countries with a high rate of accident casualties in highways and cities. we are amongst the pioneers in accident related deaths and casualties in the world. in just 2014, road and highway casualties and fatalities were 315,719 and 17,994 respectively. motorcycles passengers and pedestrians are the main victims of these casualties. definitely, by appropriate measures, the suf...

PURPOSES This study involved analysis of (a) type of injuries and medical services used by military casualties in 3 conflicts and (b) medical needs of military and civilian casualties from the 2006 conflict. BASIC PROCEDURES Military casualties from 3 conflicts and military and civilian casualties from the 2006 conflict were analyzed. Casualties were compared in relation to type of injury, le...

In contrast to the Army and to a lesser extent the Royal Air Force, psychiatry in the Royal Navy has received scant coverage. In part, this neglect was a function of the smaller numbers involved but it also reflected a tacit view that as the ‘senior service’ with a long tradition of successful engagements, there were relatively few psychiatric casualties of battle. In 1924, for example, Surgeon...

Since its establishment in 1943, the United States Army Institute of Surgical Research (USAISR) has conducted research focused on improving the surgical care given to soldiers. Just as our predecessors addressed the unacceptably high impact of thermal injury on combat casualties, the Bone and Soft Tissue Research Team focuses research on combat casualties by examining the epidemiology of combat...

BACKGROUND Wartime vascular injury management has traditionally advanced vascular surgery. Despite past military experience, and recent civilian publications, there are no reports detailing current in-theater treatment. The objective of this analysis is to describe the management of vascular injury at the central echelon III surgical facility in Iraq, and to place this experience in perspective...

BACKGROUND This study was undertaken to determined the differences in injury patterns between soldiers equipped with modern body armor in an urban environment compared with the soldiers of the Vietnam War. METHODS From July 1998 to March 1999, data were collected for a retrospective analysis on all combat casualties sustained by United States military forces in Mogadishu, Somalia, on October ...

Spatially disaggregate ward level data for England is used in an analysis of various area-wide factors on road casualties. Data on 8414 wards was input into a geographic information system that contained data on land use types, road characteristics and road casualties. Demographic data on area-wide deprivation (the index of multiple deprivation) for each ward was also included. Negative binomia...