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Overview :
Almogy et al
identified injuries at the site of a bomb explosion that can help identify a
person at high risk for blast lung injury (BLI). A patient with blast lung
injury may rapidly deteriorate unless specialized care is given. The authors
are from Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem and Carmel Hospital
in Haifa, Israel.
Injuries
indicative of a high risk of blast lung injury:
(1) skull
fracture
(2) penetrating
wounds to the head or torso
(3) burns
covering more than 10% of the body surface area
A patient one or
more of these findings should be triaged to a level I trauma center.
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