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Survival following a vertical free fall from 300 feet: The crucial role of body position to impact surface
We report the case of a 28-year old rock climber who survived an "unsurvivable" injury consisting of a vertical free fall from 300 feet onto a solid rock surface. The trauma mechanism and injury kinetics are analyzed, with a particular focus on the relevance of body positioning to ground s...
| Autores principales: | , , , , , |
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2011
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3212924/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22027092 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-7241-19-63 |