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Isolated intrathoracic injury with air bag use
A E Sama1, D P Barnaby, K J Wallis
1Department of Emergency Medicine, North Shore University Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Manhasset, New York 11030, USA.
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
|June 7, 1995
Abstract:
The restrained (air bag and seatbelt) driver of a vehicle involved in a high-speed motor-vehicle accident sustained a tear of the thoracic aorta with no signs of external injury. Air bag deployment may mask significant internal injury, and a high index of suspicion is warranted in such situations.