Bomb blast imaging: bringing order to chaos
E A Dick1, M Ballard2, H Alwan-Walker3
1Department of Radiology, Imperial College Healthcare Trust, St Mary's Hospital, Praed St, London W2 1NY, UK.
Abstract:
Blast injuries are complex, severe, and outside of our everyday clinical practice, but every radiologist needs to understand them. By their nature, bomb blasts are unpredictable and affect multiple victims, yet require an immediate, coordinated, and whole-hearted response from all members of the clinical team, including all radiology staff. This article will help you gain the requisite expertise in blast imaging including recognising primary, secondary, and tertiary blast injuries. It will also help you understand the fundamental role that imaging plays during mass casualty attacks and how to avoid radiology becoming a bottleneck to the forward flow of severely injured patients as they are triaged and treated.
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