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POLICE PERSONNEL, MILITARY OPERATIVES, EMS AND RESCUE TEAMS: Bismillah. Since you are all exposed to shooting and bombing incidents, here is one for a start to understand its anatomy. ANATOMY OF EXPLOSION: 1. Primary blast injury - Direct effects of the pressure wave on body. Mostly affects gas-filled organs such as lungs, intestines, and middle ear. 2. Secondary blast injury - Penetrating or non-penetrating injury that results from being struck by flying debris. May cause both penetrating and/or blunt trauma. 3. Tertiary blast injury - Whole body displacement or body being thrown and subsequent traumatic impact with environmental objects. This results in a wide array of injuries, including blunt trauma and even penetrating trauma, such as impalement. 4. Quaternary blast injuries Associated injuries not due to primary, secondary, or tertiary mechanisms. Thermal and inhalation injuries as well as crush injuries. Extracted from New Jersey EMS Field Guide as given to me by Tatum Kim Z. Lorenzo WEMT. Remember, if you cant see the bomb, the bomb cant see you... RESCUE 1
Posted on: Wed, 07 May 2014 00:41:23 +0000

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