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.
While advancements in vehicles and personal protective gear have lessened the occurrence of blast lung, with soldiers now better shielded against penetrating wounds and surviving formerly fatal exposures, other types of injuries, such as limb injuries, eye and ear injuries, and traumatic brain injuries, are becoming more frequent.