Have you ever considered the type of injury you might sustain from a specific type of crash? What would be the first injuries a paramedic might expect to find when he arrives at a specific crash or even before arriving when the crash is described to him?
We decided to approach the experts from ER24 and gain more insights on typical injuries from different types of crashes.
What are the most common injuries from the following crash types?
Head-on Collisions – Depending on whether the person was restrained in the vehicle, the most common injuries suffered would be head and facial injuries due to the head colliding with the windscreen, neck injuries from the forward-and-back motion of whiplash, chest and abdominal injuries from the steering wheel and finally leg injuries from colliding with the dashboard.
T-bone / side on crashes – Common injuries suffered from this type of collision would be your trauma to whatever side of the body the vehicle collided with. One can...
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