A soldier who has left an armored vehicle and who is on foot is considered dismounted. Detonation of an improvised explosive device (IED) can have a devastating effect on the exposed soldier.
Features of dismounted complex blast injury (CBI):
(1) high-energy injuries to both lower extremities
(2) high-energy injuries to one or both upper extremities (often the non-dominant)
(3) high-energy injuries to the pelvis and perineum
(4) genitourinary and intra-abdominal trauma
(5) traumatic brain injury
Management may involve bilateral proximal transfemoral amputations.
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