Our lawyers help people who have been injured in explosions and their families. We understand how challenging these times can be for families and work to get our clients the answers, money, and justice they deserve.
When explosions cause parts of a wall to fall or pieces of brick to fly through the air, people get injured. These injuries are called crush injuries. There are many types of crush injuries and there are many causes of explosion crush injuries. The one thing they have in common is that the injuries they cause can be life-altering. Although all parts of the body can suffer injuries. The legs are most commonly affected during collapses, followed by arms, and then the torso. These injuries can cause bleeding, bruising, bone fracture, nerve damage, compartment syndrome, and, in some instances, death.
Our lawyers help people who have been injured in explosions and their families. We understand how challenging these times can be for families and work to get our clients the answers, money, and justice they deserve.
When a crush injury restricts blood flow to skeletal muscles, the decreased oxygen level triggers the release of more myoglobin (an oxygen-carrying protein) into the bloodstream. As the muscle breaks down, electrolytes are also released. When the trapped body part is suddenly freed, the elevated levels of myoglobin and electrolytes re-enter the circulatory system where they can trigger heart or kidney failure.
In the arms and legs, a compartment is a group of muscles, nerves and blood vessels surrounded by fascia, a strong tissue that cannot expand. When this kind of injury injury causes bleeding or swelling in the compartment, pressure can build up in the compartment and restrict blood flow, causing permanent damage that can lead to amputation if untreated.
With an overall incidence rate of 0.1 per 10,000 people, severe crush injuries are uncommon.* Roughly 20 percent of natural disaster victims and 40 percent of building collapse victims suffer these kinds of injuries. About 5 percent of all of these injuries prove fatal.
http://www.cdc.gov/masstrauma/preparedness/primer.pdf
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11773459
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