{"id":237,"date":"2020-09-25T04:14:04","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T04:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/clarissamartins\/?p=237"},"modified":"2020-09-25T04:19:16","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T04:19:16","slug":"contemporary-body-armor-technical-data-injuries-and-limits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/clarissamartins\/2020\/09\/25\/contemporary-body-armor-technical-data-injuries-and-limits\/","title":{"rendered":"Contemporary Body Armor: Injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Given the ever-increasing proportions of female staff in police departments and armed forces, there are now vests that have been specifically tailored in terms of shape and size to the female form and female proportions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The primary role of ballistic protection is to stop a projectile during impact [by distributing the force of the bullet.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"734\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/clarissamartins\/files\/2020\/09\/22223115.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/clarissamartins\/files\/2020\/09\/22223115.png 734w, https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/clarissamartins\/files\/2020\/09\/22223115-300x96.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><figcaption>Fig. 2 Projectile stopping mechanism of a flexible ballistic plate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Parietal Injuries<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parietal lesions associated with rear effects are almost systematic. They include the following:<br>\u2022 <strong>Erosion and skin wounds. <\/strong>These lesions can be formed through either friction or crushing. Friction induces lesions such as burns, while a crush injury produces bruised skin and subcutaneous wounds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2022 Rib fractures<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2022 Break in the parietal pleura<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Lung Injuries<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2022 Bruising and pulmonary hemorrhage<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2022 Pneumothorax, hemothorax, and air embolism<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Cardiac Injuries<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macroscopic cardiac lesions such as myocardial contusions, wall ruptures, and avulsions of large vessels can be observed, though only following a high-energy shooting within the cardiac area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Abdominal Injuries<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abdominal injuries can be seen in the context of blunt traumas, particularly with regard to the solid organs near the thoracic wall (liver, spleen, kidneys)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read The Article <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/search-proquest-com.ezproxy.kpu.ca:2443\/docview\/1013442841?pq-origsite=summon\">HERE<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":372,"featured_media":239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[16,22],"class_list":["post-237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-injury","tag-injury","tag-trauma"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/clarissamartins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/clarissamartins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/clarissamartins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/clarissamartins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/372"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/clarissamartins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/clarissamartins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":243,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/clarissamartins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions\/243"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/clarissamartins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/clarissamartins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/clarissamartins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/clarissamartins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}