Research to Understand Explosion-Related Injuries in Military Personnel

Explosive blast-related traumatic brain injury (TBI), specifically primary blast- or shockwave-related TBI, is highly prevalent among military personnel. The majority of battlefield wounds in 21st century military conflicts are due to explosive devices-in the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, alm...

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Published in:The Bridge (Washington, D.C. : 1969) D.C. : 1969), 2016-04, Vol.46 (1)
Main Author: Kovacs, S Krisztian
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Blasting (explosive)
Diagnosis
Explosions
Head injuries
Injuries
Military
Military personnel
Military technology
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Summary:Explosive blast-related traumatic brain injury (TBI), specifically primary blast- or shockwave-related TBI, is highly prevalent among military personnel. The majority of battlefield wounds in 21st century military conflicts are due to explosive devices-in the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, almost 80 percent of injury was due to explosion. It is estimated that 20 percent of US military personnel had TBI between 2001 and 2008; and in just the first quarter of 2015, according to the Department of Defense, almost 6,000 US military servicemembers suffered some degree of TBI (83 percent being mild TBI, which may elude diagnosis and thus go untreated) (DOD 2015).
ISSN:0737-6278