explosion (blast injury)
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Introduction
a rapid increase in volume & release of energy in the form of heat
Complications
- injuries sustained from exposure to explosions include:
- burns
- barotrauma
- foreign body injury
- tissue of other humans embedded into humans[2]
- other trauma
Management
- post-exposure prophylaxis for
References
- ↑ Wikipedia: Explosion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosion
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Physician's First Watch, April 22, 2013 David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, Editor-in-Chief Massachusetts Medical Society http://www.jwatch.org
Sax P Postexposure Prophylaxis (PEP) After Blast Injuries HIV and ID Observations http://blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-observations/index.php/postexposure-prophylaxis-pep-after-blast-injuries/2013/04/20/?q=pfw-featured
Chapman LE at el Recommendations for Postexposure Interventions to Prevent Infection with Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis C Virus, or Human Immunodeficiency Virus, and Tetanus in Persons Wounded During Bombings and Other Mass-Casualty Events - United States, 2008 Recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). MMWR. August 1, 2008 / 57(RR06);1-19 http://www.cdc.gov/MMWR/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5706a1.htm - ↑ 3.0 3.1 van Rijswijk JB, Dubach P Binaural Tympanic-Membrane Perforations after Blast Injury. N Engl J Med 2017; 376:e41. May 11, 2017 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28490003 Free Article <Internet> http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMicm1612629