Earthquakes are unpredictable natural disasters causing massive injuries. We aim to review
the surgical management of earthquake musculoskeletal injuries and the critical care of …

A 21-year-old male presented to the emergency departmentwith paranoid thoughts and
delusions along with self-harm behavior of jumping from a 35-foot third floor balcony. Initial …

Method: Patient records of victims were identified and analyzed for injuries, demographics,
and surgical needs. The data were evaluated for patterns. Results: Nineteen TARMAC …

A 50-year-old male who reported to the emergency department (ED) with an open fracture to
his right great toe sustained from a lawnmower injury is presented. The patient underwent …

Introduction: Suicidal jumps from bridges into water are a unique blunt trauma mechanism.
Impact into water produces substantial variation in injuries as compared to falls onto hard …

Frostbite injury is a rare but severe injury especially when rescue triage is prolonged. We
here report the case of a 19-year-old male patient with severe frostbite injuries requiring …

Crush Syndrome remains rare in European practice. It is however common in areas of civil
disorder and where the normal structures of society have given way to civil war or natural …

Although blunt traumatic injuries are common in athletes, life-threatening trauma is
fortunately rare. Most current literature has focused on nontraumatic causes of athlete death …

On the night of Feb. 11, 2011, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department and the US Border
Patrol's Border, Search, Trauma and Rescue (BORSTAR) team were called out in response …

Background: To assess the treatment and outcome of patients with crush injury sustained in
the Marmara earthquake. Methods: Seven hundred eighty three patients were transferred to …