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Mortality in Land-Mine Accidents in Iran

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Hameed Reza Jahunlu ,
Hans Husum  and
Torben Wisborg
Hameed Reza Jahunlu
Affiliation:
Institute for International Public Health, Oslo University, Oslo, Norway
Hans Husum*
Affiliation:
Tromsoe Mine Victim Resource Center (TMC), University Hospital of Northern Norway, Tromsoe, Norway
Torben Wisborg
Affiliation:
Institute of Clinical Medicine, Tromsoe University, Tromsoe, Norway
*
Tromsoe Mine Victim Resource Center, PO Box 80, N-9038 University Hospital of Northern, Norway E-mail: hhusum@c2i.net
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Abstract

Objective:

To study the rate of prehospital mortality before establishment of a rescue system for victims of land-mines in Iran.

Method:

Survey at rural clinics in mine-affected areas, and retrospective review of public patient records.

Results:

A total of 36.4% of casualties from land-mines in the study area died during the period of 1989–1999. The mortality seems highest in those victims who were torso injured.

Conclusion:

The mortality rate from accidents involving land-mines in the study area was high. Most fatalities seemingly occurred in the prehospital setting.

Keywords

IranIraqland mine injurymortalityprehospitalwar injury
Type
Brief Report
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , June 2002 , pp. 107 - 109
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2002

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