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Tertiary blast injury

Blunt-force injury caused by physical displacement of the victim's body by the blast wind, followed by impact against surfaces. Morphologically identical to vehicle-collision or fall-from-height blunt trauma. Includes traumatic amputation from limb displacement at close proximity. Attribution requires contextual blast evidence.

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