Blocks of gelatine are used in both lethality and survivability studies for broadly the same
reason, ie comparison of ammunition effects using a material that it is assumed represents …

Introduction Body armour is a type of equipment worn by military personnel that aims to
prevent or reduce the damage caused by ballistic projectiles to structures within the thorax …

This chapter is written for clinical staff with little or no previous exposure to firearms.
Although one must “treat the wound and not the weapon,” a knowledge of how firearms work …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the neuroprotective efficacy of the inert gas xenon as a
treatment for patients with blast-induced traumatic brain injury in an in vitro laboratory model …

AIM: To determine the characteristics of military traumatic cardiorespiratory arrest (TCRA),
and to identify factors associated with successful resuscitation. METHODS: Data was …

BACKGROUND: Acute trauma coagulopathy in seriously injured casualties may be initiated
by tissue hypoperfusion. A targeted (or novel hybrid [NH]) resuscitation strategy was …

Traumatic brain injury is a leading cause of death and disability in military and civilian
populations. Blast traumatic brain injury results from the detonation of explosive devices …

Background. Few studies demonstrate the impact of early aggressive analgesia with acute
pain service (APS) involvement at combat support hospitals (CSHs) using real-time data …

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The aim of this work was to simulate an overmatch ballistic event against a head wearing a
helmet. The experiments were designed to understand how layers of bone (or synthetic …