flash burn
Instant light damage
A flash burn is tissue damage caused by brief, intense exposure to radiant heat or light—typically from explosions, electrical arcs, or welding.
The burn occurs almost instantaneously, without prolonged contact with flame or hot surfaces.
Flash burns from nuclear detonations affected victims miles from ground zero.
Welders without proper eye protection risk flash burn to the cornea, called arc eye or welder's flash.
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
- blindingPainfully intense light
- weldingHeat-fusing metal pieces
- nuclearOf atomic energy
- atomic bombFission-triggered mass destruction device
explosion · retina · skin · first degree · blistering · arc · arc welder · UV · sun damage · intense · bright light · searing · cornea · eye protection · heat · instant · exposure · damage
- burnsscald, scalds
- electrical injurieselectric shock, electrocution, lightning strike, entry wound, exit wound
- electrical problemspower failure, power loss, power outage, outage, blackout
- heat damagescorch, char, singe, scald, scorching
- Eye Injuriesscratched cornea, black eye, foreign body, retinal detachment, detached retina
- flashesstrobe, strobe light, light burst, lightning, burst