Improvements in vehicular and personal protective equipment have helped to reduce the incidence of blast lung. However, as soldiers are better protected from penetrating injury and surviving previously lethal exposures, limb injuries, eye and ear injuries, and traumatic brain injuries have become more prevalent.
Improvements in vehicle and personal protective equipment have reduced blast lung incidence, but as soldiers are better protected from penetrating injuries and surviving previously lethal exposures, limb injuries, eye and ear injuries, and traumatic brain injuries have become more common.