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Anthropogenic Disasters.

Michael Powers¹, Michael James Ellett Monson¹, Frederic S Zimmerman²

¹Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Naval Medical Center San Diego, 34800 Bob Wilson Drive, San Diego, CA 92134, USA.

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|August 26, 2019

Summary

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Human actions can cause disasters, leading to severe injuries from blunt, blast, or penetrating trauma. Terrorist events, often using common weapons, result in greater victim impact than interpersonal violence.

Keywords:

Blast injury Blunt trauma Penetrating trauma Stab wounds Terrorism

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Area of Science:

Disaster medicine
Trauma surgery
Public health

Background:

Anthropogenic disasters result from human actions or inaction, contrasting with natural disasters.
Terrorist and criminal activities cause mass-casualty events, often involving readily available weapons like firearms and explosives.
Injuries from such events are broadly categorized into blunt, blast, and penetrating trauma.

Purpose of the Study:

To define anthropogenic disasters.
To categorize injuries resulting from terrorist and criminal activities.
To compare the severity of impact between terrorism-related violence and interpersonal violence.

Main Methods:

Literature review and synthesis of existing data on disaster types and injury mechanisms.
Classification of trauma based on injury type (blunt, blast, penetrating).
Comparative analysis of injury severity in mass-casualty events versus interpersonal violence.

Main Results:

Anthropogenic disasters are human-induced events.
Terrorism-related injuries commonly involve blunt, blast, and penetrating trauma.
Victims of terrorism often experience greater injury severity compared to those involved in interpersonal violence.

Conclusions:

Understanding the mechanisms and severity of anthropogenic disaster injuries is crucial for medical preparedness.
The distinct patterns of injury in terrorism necessitate specialized trauma care protocols.
The greater severity of impact in terrorist events highlights the need for targeted public health and safety interventions.