Citation

Page P. Trauma (Sage) 2011; 13(1): 17-21.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1460408610384027

PMID

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Abstract

The increasing use of suicide bombs has brought a new set of problems for the modern clinician. To competently manage these, the clinician must have an appreciation of the underlying ballistic principles of these attacks and their common manifestations as patterns of injury. There are forensic implications in managing the casualties of such an attack, as well as those of scene and resource management. The risks of intentional and unintentional incorporation of biohazardous materials are also discussed.

Keywords suicide bombs, terrorism, improvised explosive devices, ballistics, violence, mass murder, explosions

Language: en