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I'm writing a book, in which the character is involved in a major car accident. what are procedures in the ambulance, and possible fatal injuries?

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Dr. Rodney Alan answered

Specializes in Orthopedic Surgery

Liver laceration: Emergency medical personnel usually arrive at the scene, they may have to extricate the patient from the vehicle using power instruments to break through doors or cut out glass, apply a cervical collar and place the patient on a spinal board, perform CPR if necessary, apply a tourniquet around bleeding limbs, or start ivs and fluids. Fatal injuries include liver laceration or splenic rupture.

Answered 5/20/2016

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