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cali

(114,904 posts)
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 08:48 AM Apr 2013

Blast injuries like those in Boston difficult to treat

Blast injuries, caused by the sort of explosions that occurred in Boston Monday, can be some of the most difficult and complex injuries to treat.

last injuries, caused by the sort of explosions that occurred in Boston Monday, can be some of the most difficult and complex injuries to treat.

The "blast wave" from the explosion acts like "an invisible wall of energy." Its tremendous energy can inflict massive internal injuries, says Mark Morocco, associate professor of emergency medicine, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.

"Blast injury is one of the most challenging constellation of injuries," says John Chovanes, trauma surgeon at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, N.J., and an Army reservist who has done three combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has treated dozens of blast victims.

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/15/blast-injuries-like-those-in-boston-difficult-to-treat/2086249/?morestories=obinsite

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Blast injuries like those in Boston difficult to treat (Original Post) cali Apr 2013 OP
Isreali doctors have the most experience with it ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #1
no more than U.S. military docs. And there are more than cali Apr 2013 #2
This appears to have been a low explosive and shockwave injuries are not predominant FarCenter Apr 2013 #3
one of the benefits of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan datasuspect Apr 2013 #4

ProgressiveProfessor

(22,144 posts)
1. Isreali doctors have the most experience with it
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 10:20 AM
Apr 2013

Google the white butterfly injuries for some interesting info

 

cali

(114,904 posts)
2. no more than U.S. military docs. And there are more than
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 10:28 AM
Apr 2013

a few of those in Boston area hospitals.

Honestly, if this had to happen anywhere, the docs and hospitals in Boston are the best in this country according to U.S. News and some of the best in the world. It's not just Mass General, but Beth Israel Deaconess, Brigham and Women's, etc.

http://health.usnews.com/health-news/best-hospitals/articles/2012/07/16/which-cities-have-the-best-hospitals

 

FarCenter

(19,429 posts)
3. This appears to have been a low explosive and shockwave injuries are not predominant
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 11:02 AM
Apr 2013

Apparently this was a black powder or possibly a smokeless gunpowder type device. These propellants do not generate a shock wave like C4 or other high explosives.

According to the Mass Gen surgeons morning press conference the injuries appear to have been lower limbs shredded by shrapnel and bomb parts, with possibly some other material from the environment. For example, it may have been in a trash container, parts of which would have been propelled into the victims.

 

datasuspect

(26,591 posts)
4. one of the benefits of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 11:04 AM
Apr 2013

has been the contribution to trauma medicine as it concerns IEDs.

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