222 The Pediatric Blast Injury: Out-of-Hospital and Emergency Department Resuscitation and Resource Utilization in Iraq and Afghanistan

Pediatric trauma care is a significant challenge in the deployed setting in accordance with medical rules of engagement. Traumatic injuries due to explosives are largely unique to the combat-zone setting. Thus, little data exist specific to care of the pediatric patient with trauma due to explosion. We describe the out-of-hospital and emergency department (ED) care of the pediatric explosive injury.

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