Abstract: In recent conflicts, blast injury from landmines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) has been the main mechanism of wounding and death. When a landmine or IED detonates under a vehicle (an under-body blast), the seat ...

Abstract: Energized fragments from explosive devices have been the most common mechanism of injury to both military personnel and civilians in recent conflicts and terrorist attacks. Fragments that penetrate into the thoracic cavity ...

Abstract: Pelvic blast injury is one of the most severe patterns of injury to be sustained by casualties of explosions. We have previously identified the mechanism of injury in a shock tube-mediated murine model, linking outward ...