Binder use obscures traumatic pelvic injury in a 29-year-old man
- Resource Type
- Authors
- K.T. Matthew Seah; James W. MacKay
- Source
- CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association Journal
- Subject
- Adult
Male
Respiratory rate
Wounds, Nonpenetrating
030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging
Immobilization
Fractures, Bone
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Clinical Images
Fractures, Compression
Heart rate
Humans
Trauma centre
Medicine
Pelvic Bones
Practice
business.industry
Accidents, Traffic
030208 emergency & critical care medicine
General Medicine
Orthopedic Fixation Devices
Radiography
Treatment Outcome
Anesthesia
Pelvic injury
business
Hemodynamic instability
- Language
- ISSN
- 1488-2329
0820-3946
A 29-year-old male motorcyclist was brought to a trauma centre after colliding with a highway barrier. The prehospital team had applied a pelvic binder, given the patient’s hemodynamic instability. The patient’s heart rate before admission to hospital was 144 beats/min, respiratory rate was 28