Abstract
Once confined to the battlefield and the occasional industrial accident, the sequela of explosive force has now become all too commonplace and continues to increase as explosive weaponry proliferates. The chaos and “fog of war” no longer can be considered the sole province of the battlefield. The ubiquitous threat of terrorism places responsibility for the care of victims not only upon the military surgeon, but upon civilian counterparts as well. The medical system, military and civilian must understand the pathophysiology of injury induced from explosive devices, be they letter bombs, shaped warheads from a rocket propelled grenade (RPG), anti-personnel land mines, aerial-delivered cluster bombs, or enhanced blast weapons.
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Baskin, T.W., Holcomb, J.B. (2011). Bombs, Mines, and Fragmentation. In: Brooks, A., Clasper, J., Midwinter, M., Hodgetts, T., Mahoney, P. (eds) Ryan's Ballistic Trauma. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-124-8_6
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