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Blast Injury
Blast Injury: Translating Research into Operational Medicine describes pioneering biomedical research that forms the basis of our current knowl-edge of blast injury mechanisms. Much of this knowledge, learned decades ago, can be applied directly to solving the blast injury problems of …
Primary Blast Injury of the Brain - Veterans Affairs
Oct 3, 2022 · Blast injuries to the brain can produce a wide range of symptoms; affected people can experience difficulties with sleep and problems with vision, thinking, hearing, and other sensory issues. About 20% of Veterans cared for in VA report blast exposure.
Lawmakers call for in-depth VA study on blast pressure injuries
Dec 10, 2024 · A pair of Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee members are pushing federal researchers to investigate the impact of repetitive low-level blast injuries on veterans’ mental health.
Characteristics and Impact of U.S. Military Blast-Related Mild ...
As a result of armed conflict, head trauma from exposure to blasts is an increasing critical health issue, particularly among military service members. Whilst numerous studies examined the burden of blast-related brain injuries on service members', …
Blast Injury Research Coordinating Office (BIRCO)
Oct 31, 2016 · The U.S. Department of Defense Blast Injury Research Coordinating Office, Advancing Blast Injury Research to Protect and Heal Those Who Serve
Acute assessment of traumatic brain injury and posttraumatic stress after exposure to a deployment-related explosive blast. Military Medicine, 183(11-12), e555-e563. doi:10.1093/milmed/usy100. Free Registration. Charge for CEUs. OUT! What is Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)? How Common is PTSD? Who is at Greatest Risk for PTSD?
Impact of repeated blast exposure on active-duty United States …
We performed a multimodal study of active-duty United States Special Operations Forces (SOF)—an elite group repeatedly exposed to explosive blasts in training and combat—to identify diagnostic biomarkers of brain injury associated with repeated blast exposure (RBE).
Over the past decade, awareness of the central nervous system (CNS) effects of explo-sive blast exposure has increased. A key driver of that awareness has been the blast-related injuries suffered by service members during combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Case Report of Combat Blast Injury Requiring Combat Casualty …
Aug 28, 2021 · In totality, the patient suffered massive blast injury resulting in hemorrhagic shock, airway transection, and spinal cord injury (SCI). His prehospital pulseless electrical activity arrest was likely secondary to blood loss, hypoxia, and neurogenic shock secondary to high SCI.
Research examines blast impact on human brain > Air Force …
There's little debate about the risk of a brain injury when a service member gets a blow to the head, whether from an enemy round or from crashing against a wall or being inside a vehicle during an explosion.But some of the foremost academic researchers, The official News page of the Air Force Medical Service, providing the latest articles ...