Anti-personnel landmine injuries during peace: experience in a European country
| Autor: | Stamatios A. Papadakis, Thomas C. Mitsitskas, Dimitrios Koukouvis, Apostolos Anto Tentes, Sotirios Markakidis, Eleni C. Babourda, Constantinos Bachtis |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Male Warfare Adolescent Greece business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Incidence (epidemiology) Mortality rate Poison control Human factors and ergonomics Emergency Nursing Middle Aged medicine.disease Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Amputation Blast Injuries Injury prevention Emergency Medicine Medicine Humans Medical emergency business Retrospective Studies |
| Zdroj: | Prehospital and disaster medicine. 21(4) |
| ISSN: | 1049-023X |
| Popis: | Introduction:The purpose of this study is to report the incidence of landmine injuries during peacetime in a European country.Methods:Forty victims of landmine explosions were admitted to Didimoticho General Hospital in Greece, from December 1988 to March 2003. A total of 19 people survived (47.5%) these events; all of the others were dead upon admission to the hospital. All of the victims were men, either suspected smugglers or migrants entering the country illegally, with an aver- age of 30 years (range: 15–56 years).Results:Most victims presented in groups, with multiple traumatic injuries, including lower extremity wounds. The mortality rate in the minefield prior to hospital admission was 52.5%, and the amputation rate for the survivors was 37%. There were no deaths of the patients admitted to the hospital.Conclusions:Landmines cause highenergy injuries with high mortality and amputation rates. Illegal migrants are the main victims of landmine explosions in Greece. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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