Determinants Choices of Drought Coping Strategies Among Boorana Pastoral Communities: The Case of Yabello Woreda, Oromiya Region, Southern Ethiopia

Abstract

the extremities were in greater evidence. These injuries are characterized by high-energy and comminuted fractures, vascular damage and important soft tissue loss. More recently, in the Global War Against Terrorism, reports from the United States Navy Medical Corps revealed an incidence of 58 to 88% of firearm injuries, with 23 to 39% of fractures in more than 56,000 patients (2). The increasing use of high-energy weapons in modern warfare is associated with severe vascular injuries. The amputation rate of American soldiers in World War II was 35.8% after repair and , was noted (Figure 2).