Imperial College London
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Spyros Masouros

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Bioengineering

Reader in Injury Biomechanics
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 2645s.masouros04 Website

 
 
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U516ASir Michael Uren HubWhite City Campus

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Rankin:2022:10.1007/s41314-022-00050-3,
author = {Rankin, IA and Nguyen, T-TN and McMenemy, L and Breeze, J and Clasper, JC and Masouros, SD},
doi = {10.1007/s41314-022-00050-3},
journal = {Human Factors and Mechanical Engineering for Defense and Safety},
pages = {1--7},
title = {Protective clothing reduces lower limb injury severity against propelled sand debris in a laboratory setting},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41314-022-00050-3},
volume = {6},
year = {2022}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - The contribution of energised environmental debris to injury patterns of the blast casualty is not known. The extent to which personal protective equipment (PPE) limits the injuries sustained by energised environmental debris following an explosive event is also not known. In this study, a cadaveric model exposed to a gas-gun mediated sand blast was utilised which reproduced soft-tissue injuries representative of those seen clinically following blast. Mean sand velocity across experiments was 506 ± 80 ms−1. Cadaveric samples wearing standard-issue PPE were shown to have a reduced injury severity to sand blast compared to control: a statistically significant reduction was seen in the total surface area (143 mm2 vs. 658 mm2, p = 0.004) and depth of injuries (0 vs. 23 deep injuries, odds ratio = 0.0074, 95% confidence intervals 0.0004–0.1379). This study is the first to recreate wounds from propelled sand in a human cadaveric model. These findings implicate environmental debris, such as sand ejected from a blast event, as a critical mechanism of injury in the blast casualty. Tier 1 pelvic PPE was shown to reduce markedly the severity of injury. This injury mechanism should be a key focus of future research and mitigation strategies.
AU  - Rankin,IA
AU  - Nguyen,T-TN
AU  - McMenemy,L
AU  - Breeze,J
AU  - Clasper,JC
AU  - Masouros,SD
DO  - 10.1007/s41314-022-00050-3
EP  - 7
PY  - 2022///
SN  - 2509-8004
SP  - 1
TI  - Protective clothing reduces lower limb injury severity against propelled sand debris in a laboratory setting
T2  - Human Factors and Mechanical Engineering for Defense and Safety
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41314-022-00050-3
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/105645
VL  - 6
ER  -
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