IEDs, MRAPs boosting spinal injuries - Army News, news from Iraq, - Army Times: "Afghan insurgents are using roadside bombs powerful enough to throw the military’s new 14-ton, blast-resistant vehicles into the air, increasing broken back injuries among U.S. troops.
Doctors at the main American military hospital here say more than 100 U.S. troops have suffered crushed or damaged spinal columns from being thrown around inside armored Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles in the past five months.
This “significant increase” in spinal injuries was not seen in the Iraq war, says Air Force Col. Warren Dorlac, director of trauma care for both conflicts."
