Blast injuries/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Blast injuries.

Injuries resulting when a person is struck by the overpressure of a shock wave, or particles impelled with violent force from an explosion. Blast causes pulmonary concussion and hemorrhage, laceration of other thoracic and abdominal viscera, ruptured ear drums, and minor effects in the central nervous system.

This definition is at least in part based on: Anonymous (2024), Blast injuries (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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