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  • 3 - Shades of War

  • Claire Morelon, University of Manchester
  • Book:
    Streetscapes of War and Revolution
    Published online:
    30 May 2024
    Print publication:
    06 June 2024, pp 115-155
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  • Summary

    Chapter 3 examines the connections with the front through the support to local soldiers and the arrival of war victims, highlighting the dialectics of the war’s absence and presence in a city at the rear. The city functioned as a dynamic space, not in any way sealed off from the realities of war. Local solidarity played a major role in wartime mobilization, as evidenced by the gifts sent to absent soldiers. The commemoration of war dead without bodies and the requisition of church bells marked the changes in mourning rituals. The cityscape underwent visible transformations due to the arrival of both wounded soldiers and refugees from the East fleeing the Russian advance. Both groups brought home the destruction and suffering created by the war Austria–Hungary was fighting. Initial support from the authorities and the population soon gave way to fears of epidemics and growing hostility in the case of the refugees.

  • War Wounded and Victims of Traffic Accidents in a Surgical Hospital in Africa: An Observation on Injuries

  • Martin Schneider
  • Journal:
    Prehospital and Disaster Medicine / Volume 30 / Issue 6 / December 2015
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    21 October 2015, pp. 618-620
    Print publication:
    December 2015
  • Introduction

    Weapon injuries in armed conflict are likely to receive medical attention. Other types of injuries, like traffic accidents, continue to occur during armed conflict.

    Problem

    Injuries caused by weapons and by traffic accidents require treatment, but reports and figures to help in prioritizing care are scarce.

    Methods

    In a prospective observational study, all emergency patients admitted to the surgical ward in a public hospital of the Central African Republic were evaluated for the cause of their main injury. The proportion of patients injured by weapons and by traffic accidents was analyzed with respect to the level of violence.

    Results

    Seventy-eight patients were included in this study. Weapon injuries accounted for 50 (64%) admissions and traffic accidents for 28 (36%). These proportions varied significantly according to the weekly level of violence (χ2=46.8; P<.001).

    Conclusion

    People injured in traffic accidents are an important, but overlooked, drain on surgical resources in low-income countries with armed conflict. Their proportion in relation to weapon wounded fluctuates with the level of violence. Humanitarian medical organizations might prepare themselves not only for weapon injuries, but also for wounds caused by traffic accidents.

    SchneiderM . War Wounded and Victims of Traffic Accidents in a Surgical Hospital in Africa: An Observation on Injuries. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2015;30(6):618–620.