Accession Number:

ADA278723

Title:

Textbook of Military Medicine. Part 1. Warfare, Weaponry, and the Casualty. Part 5. Conventional Warfare. Ballistic, Blast, and Burn Injuries

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

OFFICE OF THE SURGEON GENERAL (ARMY) WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1991-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

410.0

Abstract:

Partial Contents of this textbook include A. Weaponry- 1 The Weapons of Conventional Land Warfare 2 Assessing the Effectiveness of Conventional Weapons. B. Ballistics- 3 The Evolution of Wound Ballistics A brief History 4 The Physics and Biophysics of Wound Ballistics 5 The Management of Ballistic Wounds of Soft Tissue. C. Blast- 6 Primary Blast Injury and Basic Research A Brief History 7 The Physics and Mechanisms of Primary Blast Injury 8 The Pathology of Primary Blast Injury 9 The Management of Primary Blast Injury. D. Burn- 10 A Brief History and the Pathophysiology of Burns 11 The Management of Burn Injury

Descriptors:

• *MILITARY PERSONNEL
• *EXPLOSION EFFECTS
• *MILITARY MEDICINE
• *CASUALTIES
• *WOUNDS AND INJURIES
• *BURNS(INJURIES)
• *WOUND BALLISTICS
• MILITARY FORCES(UNITED STATES)
• BATTLEFIELDS
• EXPLOSIVES
• CONVENTIONAL WARFARE
• ORDNANCE
• MEDICAL SERVICES
• BLAST
• HIGH EXPLOSIVES
• BULLET WOUNDS
• TEXTBOOKS

Subject Categories:

• Information Science
• Medicine and Medical Research
• Medical Facilities, Equipment and Supplies
• Weapons Effects (Biological)
• Explosions

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE