The October 7, 2023, Attack on Israel Indicates a Change in Trauma Patterns of Terror Victims, due to the Use of Thermobaric Weapons
This paper reports on a possible change in the nature of terror and battlefield injuries and alerts emergency organizations and military forces worldwide to prepare for the need of treating more blast injuries, burns, smoke inhalation, and asphyxiation.
Authors
- Ishay Ostfeld
- Itay Gal
- Chen Kugel
- Yifat Cohen
- Jay R. Hoffman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0073-6603)
- Erez Kachel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2802-8980)
- Oleg Shafir
Institutions
- Kaplan Medical Center (IL)
- Institute of Forensic Science (CN)
- Ariel University (IL)
- Clalit Health Services (IL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Military Medicine
- Published
- 2024-12-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usae555
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Disaster Response and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.23