FREE FALL POLYTRAUMA, CASE REPORT

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Published: May 8, 2020
Updated: 2020-05-08
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37416/rmc.v32i0.520
Keywords:
Caída de altura, Caída accidental, Caída libre, Trauma Fall from height, accidental fall, free fall, trauma

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Alex Chen Tejada

Abstract

Falls are the second most common cause of mortality after traffic accidents. Trauma by free fall is defined as an injury to a person that occurs after landing on the ground after falling from a higher place, such as a ladder, scaffold, building, roof, or other elevated place. Most patients that suffers injuries from non-intentional free fall are men. The majority of reported cases of unintentional free falls correspond to the productive age group (age range: 15 years - 44 years) and work in construction. Below, we present a case of a 16-year-old man who accidentally fell from a three-story (14-meter) scaffold.

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Chen Tejada A. FREE FALL POLYTRAUMA, CASE REPORT. Rev Méd Cient [Internet]. 2020May8 [cited 2025Oct.16];32(1):27-36. Available from: https://revistamedicocientifica.org/index.php/rmc/article/view/520
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Vol. 32 (2019)
Section
Clinical Cases
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