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Research Article | Volume 12 Issue :4 (, 2022) | Pages 1 - 8
Profile of chest injuries due to blunt trauma among road traffic accident victims autopsied in urban civilized life
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DOI : 10.5083/ejcm
Published
Oct. 23, 2022
Abstract

Background: Road traffic accidents are as war on the roads and it takes the lives of approx 1.2 million individuals around the world. It is direct effect of modern day urban civilization. Occupied time between the accident and reaching the hospital is life-threatening and that is a very important gap to provide medical first aid to the victims. In urban life, 75% of thoracic trauma follows blunt injury. Greatest difficulty is faced in their management and long time in diagnosis. Hence, objective of study is to get knowledge of the blunt chest injuries among accident victims travelling in different modes of road transportation. Material and Methods: Data was collected from 100 cases of death by road traffic accident that were brought for medico- legal autopsy at the mortuary of Forensic Medicine Department, Rajrajeshwari Medical College and Hospital Bengaluru, during the period from December 2013 to May 2015

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