Introduction Blunt aortic trauma is an infrequent but not rare pathological entity. World Health Organization case reports indicate that the thoracic trauma is responsible for 25% of deaths caused by traumatic thoracic injury, second only to head trauma. Currently there are protocols on the investigation of patients who has sustained blunt thoracic injury and are unstable or have significant fi...

BACKGROUND After severe blunt chest trauma, the development of an acute lung injury (ALI) is often associated with severe or even lethal complications. Especially in multiple injured patients after blunt chest trauma ALI/ARDS [acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)] is frequent. However, in the initial posttraumatic phase, inflammatory clinical signs are often not apparent and underlying ch...

Euthanasia of small numbers of birds in case of injury or other illness directly on the farm may be necessary for welfare reasons. This should be done without transportation of the moribund animals in order to minimize pain and distress. Blood loss has to be avoided to minimize the risk of contaminating the environment. Cervical dislocation in combination with a blunt trauma may be an appropria...

Preventable and unexpected deaths following injury were identified from among 1088 victims of major injuries arising in a defined population and area during a 12-month period. In hospital, 44 (16 per cent) deaths from blunt injury, one death from penetrating injury and one death from drowning were preventable. In patients sustaining blunt injuries, 22 per cent of non-head-injury deaths and 13 p...

Injuries to the common femoral artery (CFA) are usually associated with local fractures. Other mechanisms of injury include intimal disruption, intramural hematomas, and subintimal fibrosis. Occlusions CFA may also result from blood clots or arterial emboli via blunt injury. Blunt trauma causing is exceedingly rare. be caused by “motor-scooter-handlebar syndrome.” We present a unique case where...

Low-energy blunt chest trauma can cause commotio cordis and ventricular fibrillation (VF) in otherwise healthy young individuals. If the chest wall impact occurs during a narrow vulnerable window of ventricular repolarization, the generated premature ventricular impulse can lead to VF and sudden death. Atrial fibrillation (AF) in association with a blunt chest trauma has not yet been reported i...