Table 7.1. Expected Injuries at Relative Distances from Detonation in Open Air
Injury
Closest
Farthest
Body disruption
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Burn/inhalation
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Toxic inhalation
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Amputation
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Primary blast injury, lung and bowel
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Tertiary mechanism
●
●
●
●
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Primary blast injury, ear
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Secondary mechanism
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