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Abstract
Torso injuries among car occupants involved in severe collisions are often life threatening.
This study considers whether knowledge of the type of impact and associated trends
of torso injuries would assist the rapid diagnosis of injuries by emergency personnel.
For the purpose of this analysis the pelvis was included in the torso. The data source
was the Cooperative Crash Injury Study which holds detailed injury information on
over 6200 car crash occupants. Restrained front seat occupants with an ISS of 16+
who were involved in frontal or side collisions were selected. A total of 286 occupants
fell into these selection criteria. The frequency of injury to each torso part was
determined to give an approximate likelihood of injury in each impact configuration.
The injury data were further analysed to look for patterns of injury in frontal or
side impacts.
The likelihood of all torso injuries, except sternal and lumbar spinal injuries, increased
in side impacts, particular examples being the spleen and pelvis. There were statistically
significant associations between injuries to different torso parts. In frontal impacts
rib fracture indicates the distinct possibility of underlying organ injury. Vehicle
damage data coupled with readily diagnosed injuries can suggest the possibility of
less easily detectable injuries.
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Publication history
Accepted:
June 6,
1991
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© 1992 Published by Elsevier Inc.
