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Free fall trauma

South Birmingham Trauma Unit, Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham, UK, simontan999{at}hotmail.com

K Porter

In the abrupt vertical deceleration that occurs on impact after a free fall, tissue damage is caused by the absorption by the body of the energy accumulated during the free fall. Patients sustain a unique injury pattern that is predicatably different from that seen with other forms of blunt multiple trauma. The present paper reviews the pathophysiology and pattern of injury sustained following free fall.

Key Words: free fall • vertical deceleration • vertical deceleration injuries • jumpers

Trauma, Vol. 8, No. 3, 157-167 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1460408606071140


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