Severe hydroblast intra-abdominal injuries due to high-pressure water jet without penetration of abdominal cavity

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.