blast injury
Shockwave bodily damage
Blast injury refers to physical trauma caused by an explosion's pressure wave, distinct from wounds caused by shrapnel or burns.
The shock wave damages air-filled organs—lungs, ears, intestines—even when no external wound is visible.
Military medicine distinguishes primary blast injury (pressure wave alone) from secondary injuries caused by flying debris: Blast injuries from IEDs became the signature wound of the Iraq War.
- explosionViolent burst of energy
- shrapnelScattered explosion fragments
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- concussionBrain injury from impact
- shell shockWar-induced psychological trauma
deafness · burns · debris · shock wave · casualties · mass casualty · combat · bombing · fragments · wounds · pressure · rupture · internal bleeding · hemorrhage · amputation · tinnitus · firefighter · mine
- injuriesbruise, fracture, sprain, fractures, concussion
- hearing damagehearing loss, tinnitus, ear damage, deafness, noise damage
- war ailmentstrench foot, trench fever, shell shock, combat fatigue, battle fatigue
- woundswound, wounded, bullet wound, wounds, ulcer
- Brain InjuriesTBI, concussion, brain trauma, brain damage, head wound
- Eye Injuriesscratched cornea, black eye, chemical burn, foreign body, retinal detachment
blast injurypenetrating wound
Injury breaking into tissue
stab wound · gunshot wound · laceration · crush injury · puncture wound
blast injurydegenerative disease
Illness causing gradual decline
chronic condition · repetitive strain injury · occupational disease · age-related decline · healing
blast injurypaper cut
Wound from thin edge
bruise · scrape · natural causes · chronic condition · degenerative disease
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