The Explosive Weapons Trauma Care Collective (Extracct): A Roadmap For Reducing Preventable Death Among Civilian Casualties Of Explosive Injury

Authors

Hannah Wild, Department of Surgery, University of WashingtonFollow
Aparna Cheran, Explosive Weapons Trauma Care Collective (EXTRACCT)Follow
Abby Willging, University of Iowa Carver College of MedicineFollow
Christelle Loupforest, United Nations Mine Action ServiceFollow
Sebastian Kasack, Mines Advisory Group (MAG)Follow
Tim Gargan, The HALO TrustFollow
Barclay T. Stewart, University of WashingtonFollow
Adam Kushner, A.L. Kushner & AssociatesFollow

Abstract

In a previous issue of The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction, we introduced the rationale underpinning the need for increased emphasis on point-of-injury care as well as enhanced engagement between humanitarian mine action (HMA) and emergency care services for civilian casualties of explosive ordnance (EO).1 The initial working group under which this conceptual foundation was developed was called the Mine Action Trauma Care Collaborative. In the intervening months, that initiative was reconceived as the Explosive Weapons Trauma Care Collective (EXTRACCT) to encompass the broad range of EO and explosive weapons (EW) that inflict harm on civilians in conflict and post-conflict settings.2,3 In this article, we present an overview of EXTRACCT’s approach to reducing preventable death and disability among civilian victims of EO/EW with a focus on low-resource settings (LRS).

Recommended Citation

Wild, Hannah; Cheran, Aparna; Willging, Abby; Loupforest, Christelle; Kasack, Sebastian; Gargan, Tim; Stewart, Barclay T.; and Kushner, Adam (2024) "The Explosive Weapons Trauma Care Collective (Extracct): A Roadmap For Reducing Preventable Death Among Civilian Casualties Of Explosive Injury," The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction: Vol. 28 : Iss. 3 , Article 6.
Available at: https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cisr-journal/vol28/iss3/6