Neck Injuries Caused by Automatic Two-point Seat Belts: An Analysis of Four Cases
| Autor: | Luis Labiste, Jeffrey S. Augenstein, Martin Singer, J. Stratton, Douglas J Spitz, Jeffrey Mackinnon, Paul C Prator, Stacy Chimento, Jerry Phillips, E. Perdeck |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Poison control equipment and supplies medicine.disease Cervical spine Occupational safety and health Pathology and Forensic Medicine law.invention Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Abdominal trauma law Injury prevention Genetics Seat belt medicine Abdomen business human activities SEAT BELT INJURIES |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Forensic Sciences. 50:1-5 |
| ISSN: | 0022-1198 |
| DOI: | 10.1520/jfs2004197 |
| Popis: | Although seat belts significantly reduce the extent and severity of injuries sustained by motor vehicle occupants, seat belts are known to be associated with chest and abdominal trauma. Less commonly understood are severe neck injuries caused by the use of two-point automatic shoulder harnesses without concurrent use of a manual lap belt. Such injuries may include cervical spine fractures, craniocervical dislocations and rarely decapitation. Recognizing patterned injuries caused by seat belts and the ability to correlate autopsy findings with the circumstances surrounding the death will allow for correct interpretation of seat-belt related trauma. The four cases described detail fatal neck injuries as a result of improper seat belt use in which an automatic two-point shoulder harness was used without a manual lap restraint. In two of the cases, the victims were decapitated. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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