The severity and types of injury depend on the proximity to the blast, its pressure, and the presence of other elements such as fragments and heat. 3,4 High-order explosives, such as dynamite ...

which is composed of thin bones ranging from 0.2 to 0.4 mm in thickness close to the thin cribriform plate and leads to crushed injury by blast effect into NOE comminuted fractures. This effect ...

Defense Department leaders on Friday unveiled a series of new steps designed to protect troops from blast overpressure injuries related ... levels exceeding four pounds per square inch: breaching ...