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A 24-year-old man who had been wearing a seatbelt while driving a car involved in a high-speed motor vehicle crash was taken by ambulance to a local hospital, where his condition was stabilized and from which he was transferred by air to a regional trauma center. Upon arrival at the trauma center, he was immediately taken to the operating room for repair of a partial aortic transection. His other injuries included right rib fractures, right hemopneumothorax and pulmonary contusion, grade 4 liver laceration, grade 2 splenic laceration, and fracture of the right kidney. After resolution of the right hemopneumothorax, an . . . [Full Text of this Article] |
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