injury or set of injuries, popularly known as "whiplash" is usually considered a minor injury, but may result important consequences, even death.
This injury can occur even in low speed collisions, and circumstances such as turning your head to one side at the moment impact may aggravate the consequences.
The phases that can be divided relative motion between the head and torso during a rear collision in the absence of restraints, are:
- Initially, the seat pushed forward the occupant's torso.
- The head remains in the same position.
- After an initial relative displacement mainly horizontal, the head starts to spin backwards.
- Once it has reached maximum backward extension of neck, head forward and turn even more sharply, playing together a movement similar to a "whiplash."
The pain in the neck, the main complaint of many patients, it is very difficult to measure, but may occur a number of other symptoms associated with whiplash:
- Micro pains that are sometimes even difficult to identify the patient, but involving discomfort that can interfere with certain normal activities.
- muscle injuries.
- Small internal bleeding.
- In extreme cases, herniated discs and even broken vertebrae.
Given the serious injury to exposed conductors and / or passengers of motor vehicles, we recommend the best physical position, balanced ie
- Both hands on the wheel in position 10 and fourth.
- upright position, well supported back, arms outstretched and legs comfortable. This management position will carry an acceptable conductive expertise and above all effective.
Editors Rocha & Asociados SA
Source: Agustin Rodolfo de la Precilla - http://www.lahoravial.net/
CALIDATOS Published 64
0 comments:
Post a Comment