title: [Explosion injuries - prehospital care and management].
abstract: Explosion injuries are not restricted to war-like military conflicts or terrorist attacks. The emergency physician may also encounter such injuries in the private or industrial fields, injuries caused by fireworks or gas explosions. In such cases the injury patterns are especially complex and may consist of blunt and penetrating injuries as well as thermal damage. Emergency medical personnel must be prepared to cope with explosion trauma not only in individual cases but also in major casualty incidents (MCI). This necessitates a sound knowledge about the mechanisms and processes of an explosion as well as the particular pathophysiological relationships of explosion injuries in order to be able to initiate the best possible, guideline-conform trauma therapy.
authors.forename: Thorsten
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Holsträter
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Holsträter
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rein
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Helm
authors.forename: Björn
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hossfeld
mesh_terms: D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D002056:Burns / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods*; D005107:Explosions; D006801:Humans; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*