Disaster Medicine

Knowledge within the field of disaster medicine forms the basis of the preparedness of the health care system for disastrous events. Research in disaster medicine is associated with both every-day health care and patient care, and preparedness for extreme events.

Research performed at the Centre for Teaching & Research in Disaster Medicine and Traumatology (KMC) is multidisciplinary and includes both basic research and research aimed at strengthening the complete trauma chain. This means research on prevention and preparedness, the accident site and pre-hospital care, and patient care and rehabilitation. The key word for research at KMC is multidisciplinarity, and the research has a basis in identified needs where the patient is central to the research question.

KMC at Linköping University is placed under the Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences. KMC is responsible for disaster preparedness on the regional level of the county of Östergötland.

Projects

Student projects

Are you a student and interested in doing projects at the Centre for Teaching & Research in Disaster Medicine and Traumatology (KMC)? Contact forskningkmc@regionostergotland.se

News

“Skin in a syringe” a step towards a new way to heal burns

Researchers have created what could be called “skin in a syringe”. The gel containing live cells can be 3D printed into a skin transplant, as shown in a study conducted on mice. This technology may lead to new ways to treat burns and severe wounds.

Demonstration of a mass injury incident and application of pressure to fictive bleeding.

Where to place lifesaving bleeding control first aid equipment

Where should bleeding control equipment be located to save as many lives as possible? Researchers have found the answer to this through computer simulations of a bomb exploding in a shopping centre.

Two portraits next to each other. One on a woman named Lotta and one on a man named Damon.

Young LiU researchers meet Nobel laureates in Germany

Two young researchers from LiU have been selected to participate in the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings in June 2023. Lotta Velin and Damon Frampton are among 600 young researchers from around the world who will meet 40 Nobel laureates in Germany.

Publications

Jessica H. Beard, Michael Ohene-Yeboah, Stephen Tabiri, Joachim K. A. Amoako, Francis A. Abantanga, Carrie A. Sims, Paer Nordin, Andreas Wladis, Hobart W. Harris, Jenny Lofgren (2019)

Outcomes After Inguinal Hernia Repair With Mesh Performed by Medical Doctors and Surgeons in Ghana

JAMA Surgery , Vol.154 , s.853-859 Continue to DOI

Bethany Lowndes, Katherine Law, Amro Abdelrahman, Erik Prytz, Carl-Oscar Jonson, Matthew Sztajnkrycer, Hunter Hawthorne, Walter Franz, Renaldo Blocker, M. Susan Hallbeck (2019)

Preliminary Investigation of Civilian Clinician Perspectives & Just-in-Time Guidance for Tourniquet Use to "Stop the Bleed"

Military medicine , Vol.184 , s.28-36 Continue to DOI

Susanna Lönnqvist, Johan Junker, Maria Sedell, Erika (Svensson) Nyman, Gunnar Kratz (2019)

Tracking keratinocytes and melanocytes using carboxyfluorescein hydroxysuccinimidyl ester staining

PLOS ONE , Vol.14 Continue to DOI

Måns Muhrbeck, Kaspar Holmgren, Zaher Osman, Johan von Schreeb, Andreas Wladis, Peter Andersson (2019)

Trends in Demographics and Surgical Treatment of Weapon-Related Limb Injuries Over Two Decades in a Resource-Scarce Setting

World Journal of Surgery , Vol.43 , s.2681-2688 Continue to DOI

Andreas Wladis, N. Roy, J. Lofgren (2019)

Lessons for all from the early years of the global surgery initiative

British Journal of Surgery , Vol.106 , s.E14-E16 Continue to DOI

Publications in DiVA