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eeds of those injured during conflict are inadequate to support the development of humanitarian trauma systems. <ref>Wild H, Stewart BT, LeBoa C, Stave CD, Wren SM. Epidemiology of injuries sustained by civilians and local combatants in contemporary armed conflict: an appeal for a shared trauma registry among humanitarian actors. World journal of surgery. 2020 Jun;44(6):1863-73. | |||
</ref> A recent systematic review analysed 49 reports describing injuries sustained by civilians and local combatants in twenty-first century armed conflict representing 18 conflicts, and 58,578 patients including the Middle East (Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, Palestine, Kuwait, Pakistan, Syria), North Africa (Libya, Egypt), and Sub-Saharan Africa (Nigeria, Central African Republic). These injuries were treated in a wide range of facilities including Military Facilities (30.6%), local academic health centre (20.4%), government or public hospitals (16.3%) and humanitarian organisations (12.2%). The majority of patients were male (79.3%) with a median age of 26 years, and 34.7% under 18 years.<ref>Wild H, Stewart BT, LeBoa C, Stave CD, Wren SM. Epidemiology of injuries sustained by civilians and local combatants in contemporary armed conflict: an appeal for a shared trauma registry among humanitarian actors. World journal of surgery. 2020 Jun;44(6):1863-73.</ref> | |||
Blast injuries, including those from missiles, grenades, mortars, landmines, improvised explosive devices, unexploded ordnance or explosive remnants of war accounted for 50.2% of all injuries, followed by gun shot wounds with 22%. Other mechanisms of injury included blunt trauma (4.1%), assault (3.9%), unspecified penetrating trauma (3.4%) and burns (3.3%) with the largest number of injuries occurring to the extremities (33.5%) | |||
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Currently there is no international humanitarian trauma registry and data describing the n eeds of those injured during conflict are inadequate to support the development of humanitarian trauma systems. [1] A recent systematic review analysed 49 reports describing injuries sustained by civilians and local combatants in twenty-first century armed conflict representing 18 conflicts, and 58,578 patients including the Middle East (Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, Palestine, Kuwait, Pakistan, Syria), North Africa (Libya, Egypt), and Sub-Saharan Africa (Nigeria, Central African Republic). These injuries were treated in a wide range of facilities including Military Facilities (30.6%), local academic health centre (20.4%), government or public hospitals (16.3%) and humanitarian organisations (12.2%). The majority of patients were male (79.3%) with a median age of 26 years, and 34.7% under 18 years.[2]
Blast injuries, including those from missiles, grenades, mortars, landmines, improvised explosive devices, unexploded ordnance or explosive remnants of war accounted for 50.2% of all injuries, followed by gun shot wounds with 22%. Other mechanisms of injury included blunt trauma (4.1%), assault (3.9%), unspecified penetrating trauma (3.4%) and burns (3.3%) with the largest number of injuries occurring to the extremities (33.5%)
Knifes / Machete
Bullet Wounds
Explosive Weapons
Chemical
Biological
Nuclear
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- ↑ Wild H, Stewart BT, LeBoa C, Stave CD, Wren SM. Epidemiology of injuries sustained by civilians and local combatants in contemporary armed conflict: an appeal for a shared trauma registry among humanitarian actors. World journal of surgery. 2020 Jun;44(6):1863-73.
- ↑ Wild H, Stewart BT, LeBoa C, Stave CD, Wren SM. Epidemiology of injuries sustained by civilians and local combatants in contemporary armed conflict: an appeal for a shared trauma registry among humanitarian actors. World journal of surgery. 2020 Jun;44(6):1863-73.
