Citation

McKinlay J, Smith JE. J. R. Nav. Med. Serv. 2013; 99(2): 55-56.

Affiliation

Emergency Department, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH164SA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Royal Naval Medical Service)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

24079203

Abstract

We present a case of penetrating head injuries caused by blast fragmentation, along with other serious injuries (including to the arms, face and neck), where a good recovery was made despite an Injury Severity Score (ISS) of 75. We suggest that survival and outcome are reliant on several factors and cannot be predicted from ISS, velocity of penetrating injury or presenting Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) alone.

Language: en