I'll keep it short and simple. It's another one of my personal experiences in the ER threads...
The scenario this time is a 24 yr old female unrestrained passenger which is suddenly and violently T-boned on the passenger side by a driver who wasnt paying attention and ran a red light. Now details at this point are unclear but the girl obviously was pushed left by the impact but we're not sure if her head hit the center console, the steering wheel or the dashboard but whatever it was....basically crushed the entire left side of her skull. From the base of the skull to the top, from the cheek to the back of the head, crushed, depressed inward skull fracture. Went about an inch or two inward. Despite there not being much hope we still worked on her for about 3 hours. Neurosurgery came down and declared that hope was lost and she was clinically brain dead. Therefore, she went up to ICU where they withdrew ventilator support with the permission of the family. She died early this evening after being off life support for a few hours. At least she didnt have to suffer for very long.
Lesson learned I suppose is that your seatbelt can save your life. Or perhaps minimize the damage. Maybe it could have saved her life, maybe not. Either way the driver of the vehicle walked away with minor cuts and bruises and he was wearing a seatbelt. Take that for what its worth...but for the sake of your own life wear a damn seatbelt
The scenario this time is a 24 yr old female unrestrained passenger which is suddenly and violently T-boned on the passenger side by a driver who wasnt paying attention and ran a red light. Now details at this point are unclear but the girl obviously was pushed left by the impact but we're not sure if her head hit the center console, the steering wheel or the dashboard but whatever it was....basically crushed the entire left side of her skull. From the base of the skull to the top, from the cheek to the back of the head, crushed, depressed inward skull fracture. Went about an inch or two inward. Despite there not being much hope we still worked on her for about 3 hours. Neurosurgery came down and declared that hope was lost and she was clinically brain dead. Therefore, she went up to ICU where they withdrew ventilator support with the permission of the family. She died early this evening after being off life support for a few hours. At least she didnt have to suffer for very long.
Lesson learned I suppose is that your seatbelt can save your life. Or perhaps minimize the damage. Maybe it could have saved her life, maybe not. Either way the driver of the vehicle walked away with minor cuts and bruises and he was wearing a seatbelt. Take that for what its worth...but for the sake of your own life wear a damn seatbelt