On Thursday 8 January 1998, a Czech Hip helicopter with 21 personnel on board crashed shortly after take off from Bos Krupa, northwest Bosnia. Seventeen casualties (including six with severe injuries) were airlifted from the scene for treatment at the British Hospital Squadron in Sipovo before aeromedical evacuation the next day to Prague, or discharge to their unit. This was the largest mass c...

The first anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings reminds us of the critical importance of multiagency operational plans for high-threat civilian trauma response. Through the commitment of the many national and local leaders, we are more prepared than we were in 2013. Still, we must remain vigilant and continue to drive forward. The Department of Homeland Security, Department of Health and ...

The magnitude of alcohol-associated incidents in relation to medicolegal cases, including road traffic accidents and acts of violence, has not been evaluated in Jordan. Between 1993 and 1995, 825 such cases received at Jordan University Hospital were screened for the presence of alcohol. Blood alcohol was positive in 9.1% of vehicle passengers, 9.6% of pedestrians, 12.4% of cases involving viol...

BACKGROUND The insurgency tactics that characterize modern warfare, such as suicide car bombs and roadside bombs, have the potential to significantly impact road traffic injuries in conflict affected-countries. As road traffic incidents are one of the top ten causes of death in Iraq, changes in incidence have important implications for the health system. We aimed to describe patterns of road tr...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the risks and benefits to health of travel by bicycle, using a bicycle sharing scheme, compared with travel by car in an urban environment. DESIGN Health impact assessment study. SETTING Public bicycle sharing initiative, Bicing, in Barcelona, Spain. PARTICIPANTS 181,982 Bicing subscribers. Main outcomes measures The primary outcome measure was all cause mortality fo...

An important problem in transportation is how to ensure efficient operational route planning when several vehicles share a common road infrastructure with limited capacity. Examples of such a problem are route planning for automated guided vehicles in a terminal and route planning for aircraft taxiing at airports. Maintaining efficiency in such transport planning scenarios can be difficult for ...

OBJECTIVE It has been questioned whether the effect of uvulopalatopharyngoplasty lasts as years go by. From a previous study it is known that patients with severe rhonchopathy, complaining of sleepiness at the wheel, improve their vigilance and driving performance immediately following uvulopalatopharyngoplasty, but is this effect persisting? DESIGN In a cohort study, the long-term effect of ...

The main objective of this article is to predict the traffic flow for the purpose of urban traffic management. Long term incidents, such as floods, road maintenance or major traffic incidents can cause significant disruptions on the traffic flows in large metropolitan areas such as Sydney. There is a need to comprehend how traffic will be impacted in a city during such an event. One main reason...