Injury Patterns In RTA

Question 1

What are the causes for RTA?

Answer 1

Driver

Pedestrian

Environmental

Question 2

What are the pedestrian injuries?

Answer 2

Impact

Secondary

Tertiary

Height from sole
Grazed abrasion direction
Hyperextension striae
Tyre markings
Degloving lacerations
Liver laceration

Question 3

What are the factors which determine vehicle occupant injuries?

Answer 3

Seating place

Force of impact

Direction of impact

Seatbelts

Intrusion of external objects

Ejection

Events following accident

Sparrow foot cuts
Seat belt abrasions
Clavicle fractures
Spinal fractures 
Dashboard injuries
Whiplash
Atlas fracture
Airbag contusions
Aortic avulsions

Question 4

What are the motorbike injuries?

Answer 4

Hinge fracture of skull

Brachial plexus injuries

Fractures of limbs

Question 5

What is the role of JMO in RTA?

Answer 5

Categories of hurt
Check accuracy of history
Reconstruct the event
Detect alcohol and drug
Appropriate referrals
Writing MLR
Fill compensation claims
Give evidence in courts

Identify victims
Detect abnormalities and injuries 
Find natural disease precipitating accident
Collect samples
Cause of death
Time of death 
Evidence in courts