Explosive Blast Injuries

Introduction.- Explosion Physics.- Explosions and Causes of Injury.- Mechanics and Simulation of Blast Shock Wave Protection.- Biological Shock Tubes.- Mechanisms of Injury from shock waves.- Epidemiology of Blast Injuries.- Nuclear Weapons.- Nuclear Blast Injuries.- Nuclear Attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.- Conventional Explosive Weapons and Injury Characteristics.- Techniques of Assessment and Principles of Prevention of Conventional Explosive Weapons Injuries.- Retrospective Analysis of Major Terrorist Bombings.- Concepts Related to Terrorist Bombings.- Characterization and Treatment of Terrorist Bombing Casualties.- Coal Mine Gas Explosion Injuries.- Chemical Explosions.- Bombing Cases.- Pulmonary Blast Injuries.- Hearing Blast Injuries.- Cranial Blast Injuries.- Ocular Blast Injuries.- Heart Blast Injuries.- Abdominal Blast Injuries.- Burn-blast combined Injuries.- Projectile-blast Combined Injuries.- Radiation-blast Combined Injuries.- Poison -blast Combined Injuries.- Mine Blast Injuries.- Highland Blast Injuries.- Underwater Blast Injuries.- Cabin Blast Injuries.- Post-explosive Stress Disorder.- Hemorrhagic Shock.- Infection and Sepsis.- Traumatic Coagulopathy.- Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome.- Blast Injury Protection.- Graduated Treatment of Blast Injuries.- First Aid Techniques for Blast Injuries.- Diagnosis of Blast Injuries.- Management and Treatment of Blast Injury Patients in the ICU.- Psychological Intervention and Treatment after Blast Injuries.- Nursing Treatment of Blast Injuries.

Editor Zhengguo Wang, a professor in Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, and a member of Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Editor Jianxin Jiang, a professor in Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, and a member of Chinese Academy of Engineering.