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Mortality in land-mine accidents in Iran
Hameed Reza Jahunlu1, Hans Husum, Torben Wisborg
1Institute for International Public Health, Oslo University, Oslo, Norway.
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
|December 26, 2002
Abstract
Objective:
To study the rate of prehospital mortality before establishment of a rescue system for victims of land-mines in Iran.
Method:
Survey at rural clinics in mine-affected areas, and retrospective review of public patient records.
Results:
A total of 36.4% of casualties from land-mines in the study area died during the period of 1989-1999. The mortality seems highest in those victims who were torso injured.
Conclusion:
The mortality rate from accidents involving land-mines in the study area was high. Most fatalities seemingly occurred in the prehospital setting.