Citation

Kessel B, Eilam D, Ashkenazi I, Alfici R. Inj. Extra 2005; 36(4): 82-83.

Affiliation

Hyllel-Yaffe Medical Center, P.O.B. 169, Hadera 38100, Israel

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.injury.2004.08.022

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Water jet devices are mainly used in the industry. These devices push a given volume of water into high-pressure feeding lines. As technology advances, more and more sophisticated devices are manufactured that produce higher velocities and consequently higher pressures. Thus, a large component of injury may be due to kinetic energy given off by the water jet device. Different reports describe different devices capable of generating up 900 atmospheres, resulting in high water velocity of 300 m/s. Damage from exposures to kinetic energies as high as these, should result in devastating if not fatal injuries.