Author(s)

Johann Borba

Affiliation(s)

Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain.

Corresponding Author

Johann Borba

ABSTRACT

Strong explosions can cause many types of damage, especially detonation pressure, which can cause very complex tissue damage. Fully understanding the physical principles and mechanisms of blast injuries will help out-of-hospital first responders, emergency physicians, surgeons and other related medical staff to effectively classify them and treat them reasonably and proactively. Therefore, the physical causes of blast injuries. A review of relevant content such as scientific principles and damage levels is provided.

KEYWORDS

Blast injury; Physics; Damage

CITE THIS PAPER

Johann Borba. The physical basis and damage mechanism of blast injuries. World Journal of Mathematics and Physics. 2024, 2(1): 5-8. DOI: 10.61784/wjmp240163.

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