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A look inside the Centre for Blast Studies at Imperial College

by Melissa Sullivan

CBIS audio interview exploring current research and the multi-disciplinary methods being used to widen our understanding of blast injury

Elements reporter Rachael Stubbins visited The Centre for Blast Injury Studies to discover more about the ongoing research being carried out by CBIS and the different methods being used to understand types of blast injury.

Vast improvements in battlefield trauma care and timely surgical intervention have resulted in soldiers surviving injuries which previously had proved fatal

'Previously, servicemen and women who were wounded from blasts would have died from their injuries, and now military protection, medical science and practice has improved greatly so that there is a greater prospect of survival. We now need to assess the effects of blasts on these survivors' Professor Anthony Bull.

Via audio interviews with Professor Anthony Bull, Director of the Centre for Blast Injury Studies and Major Martin Dansey, CBIS's Operation Manager, Rachel establishes how CBIS is developing mitigating technologies to address and prevent blast injuries.

To hear the full audio interview