title: A 38-year-old female trauma victim of a car bomb.
abstract: This case profoundly affected prehospital and hospital care providers alike. Most Midwestern areas have small cities and towns, and most of our trauma results from accidents, not deliberate, senseless human acts. There is a quality of life in our community that does not involve doing things like this to others. If our staff was this affected, it is sobering to think of the profound adjustment required of the victim.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Alt-Grantham
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Duncalf
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Harms
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lake
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Potter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D016529:Emergency Nursing; D005107:Explosions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000628:therapy