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Urban Bomb Blast: Mechanisms of Injury and Principles of Management

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Update 1988

Part of the book series: Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine ((UICM,volume 5))

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Abstract

A disaster is an emergency of such magnitude as to require extraordinary mobilization of emergency services [1]. As a sign of the times, the frequency of such disasters will inevitably increase [2–4]. The number of terrorist incident has steadily increased worldwide. From the beginning of 1976 up to 30 September 1986 there were 581 incidents in the Republic of South Africa (RSA) of which 492 (84.7%) involved explosive devices of some kind. There were 25 landmine incidents, 146 hand grenade attacks, 140 limpet mine blasts, 8 demolition mine explosions and 173 incidents caused by self-assembled explosion devices. Altogether 133 people died in these attacks [40]. The most devastating incident in the RSA was a bomb blast that occurred in Pretoria during 1983.

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van der Merwe, C.J. (1988). Urban Bomb Blast: Mechanisms of Injury and Principles of Management. In: Vincent, J.L. (eds) Update 1988. Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, vol 5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83392-2_62

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