The nurse is caring for patients when a dirty bomb detonates at a nearby shopping mall. Which types of injuries should the nurse expect to see in the victims?
1. radiation sickness
2. fractured limbs and spinal injury
3. thermal burns
4. overexertion and exhaustion
Correct Answer: 1
Radiation sickness commonly occurs with a radiological dispersion bomb or dirty bomb blast. Fractured limbs and spinal injury can occur with blunt trauma. Thermal burns occur with nuclear detonation. Overexertion and exhaustion occur in other types of injuries, such as snowstorm-related injuries.
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