As a new nurse in the emergency department you are learning about blast injuries. What happens when implosion occurs?
A) Rupture of organs from entrapped gases
B) The pressure wave from the blast
C) The response to the blast of different body tissues
D) Forces that exceed the tensile strength of an organ or tissue
Ans: A
Feedback: A blast wave has four effects. These include spalling, which refers to the pressure wave; implosion, which refers to rupture of organs from entrapped gases; shearing, which refers to the blast response of different body tissues dependent on their density; and irreversible work, which refers to the presence of forces that exceed the tensile strength of an organ or tissue.
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