Airbag deployment induced paediatric cervical injury following a car accident

Bilateral chemical eye injury resulting from airbag deployment.

A case report highlighting an unusual cause of a chemical injury and an explanation of the basic initial management of chemical eye injuries: relevant to all Armed Forces medical personnel.

Injuries associated with airbag deployment.

Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United Kingdom. Airbags drastically reduce both morbidity and mortality from crashes, but with the increased use of airbags there has been a corresponding increase in the number of injuries attributable to these devices. This review discusses the history and mechanism of action of airbags, along with the spectrum of inj...

Short Communications Delayed Cerebellar Infarction Following a Car Accident

INFARCTION IN THE VERTEBRO-BASILAR artery distribution has been noted in a variety of circumstances associated with head turning and hyperextension of the neck, but the interval between the trauma and the cerebrovascular stroke is usually short. This paper describes a patient who developed a cerebellar infarction five weeks following a car accident, an unusually long delay which deserves mentio...

Acute hearing loss after airbag deployment.

Hearing loss from airbag deployment after motor vehicle crashes has been documented multiple times in the adult population, but rarely in the pediatric population. We report a case of significant sensorineural hearing loss following airbag deployment in a pediatric patient who presented to the ED on the day of the crash. This report highlights the need for pediatric physicians to be aware of th...

Occular trauma related to airbag deployment.