Analysis of the causes of death of casualties in field military setting.
Mil Med
; 177(9): 1065-8, 2012 Sep.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23025136
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
We assessed the causes of death of military casualties in order to determine the characteristics of injury and to determine how survivability can be improved.METHODS:
A retrospective review of the trauma registry of the Israel Defense Forces was conducted. The causes of death were determined. Casualties that were found alive but died later at any level of care were included.RESULTS:
Information about casualties that was recorded during the years 2002-2009 was reviewed. Eighty-one fatalities were included in the analysis. Fifty-one (63%) fatalities were caused by gunshot wounds. Analysis of the data regarding the cause of death revealed that 66 (81.5%) of the casualties died because of hemorrhage and 25 (30.9%) because of head trauma. Of the casualties that died of hemorrhage, 12 (18.2%) had neck or limbs potentially compressible hemorrhage. All fatalities from hemorrhage died before arriving at a medical facility.CONCLUSION:
Torso noncompressible hemorrhage was found to be the main cause of death among the casualties investigated. Potentially compressible hemorrhage and head injury are significant too. Research and development of means to treat hemorrhage and emphasis on distribution of means to stop hemorrhage and on training may improve outcome of potentially compressible hemorrhage.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Ferimentos e Lesões
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Causas de Morte
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Militares
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Mil Med
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Israel