Military Centre of Pharmacy and Medical Technique in Celestynow, Celestynow, Poland.
Med Sci Monit. 2012 Mar;18(3):SR9-15. doi: 10.12659/msm.882503.
The Afghan military theatre is specifically marked by guerilla operations and massive use of IEDs (improvised explosive devices) that pose new types of threats for their victims. At the same time, the relevant literature contains only a single, fragmentary analysis on injuries suffered by soldiers serving in the Afghan mission.
MATERIAL/METHODS: This is a review of medical reports of the Polish Military Contingent deployed within Operation Enduring Freedom, from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2011; the analysis includes all cases of combat and non-combat injuries in terms of their causes.
In the period under analysis, 380 Polish soldiers were reported injured; 87.1% of cases were combat and 12.9% non-combat injuries. The structure of injuries caused as a result of IED explosions was dominated by multiple limb injuries, associated most frequently with severe body cavities/spine injuries. In the case of other incidents, both combat and non-combat, the predominant consequences were single and, most commonly, less severe injuries. The average number of injuries suffered from IED attacks (3.37) was significantly higher than the number of injuries from other attacks (1.16), and higher than the number of non-combat injuries (1.43).
IED attacks pose a serious medical problem, considering their high number and the severity of injuries they cause.
阿富汗战区的特点是游击行动和大规模使用简易爆炸装置（IED），这对受害者构成了新型威胁。与此同时，相关文献中仅有对在阿富汗任务中受伤的士兵的单一、零碎的分析。
材料/方法：这是对 2010 年 1 月 1 日至 2011 年 12 月 31 日期间部署在持久自由行动中的波兰军事特遣队的医疗报告的回顾；该分析包括根据其原因对所有战斗和非战斗伤害案例进行的分析。
在分析期间，报告有 380 名波兰士兵受伤；87.1%的病例是战斗伤害，12.9%是非战斗伤害。由简易爆炸装置爆炸引起的伤害结构以四肢多处受伤为主，最常伴有严重的体腔/脊柱受伤。在其他事件中，无论是战斗还是非战斗，主要后果都是单一的，且最常见的是较轻的伤害。IED 袭击造成的平均受伤人数（3.37）明显高于其他袭击造成的受伤人数（1.16），也高于非战斗受伤人数（1.43）。
IED 袭击造成了严重的医疗问题，考虑到它们的数量众多以及造成的伤害严重程度。
