Nature of Potential Injuries in Asiana Crash – Flight 214
The passenger’s injuries in Asiana Crash 214 seem to have a pattern of spinal injuries. As of July 8th, 2013 two passengers could not move their legs and several had to have surgery to stabilize their spines. These types of injuries occurred because of the shaking of the plane as it crashed and even though the passengers had on seat belts the impact caused some major injuries. Out of the over 180 passengers with Injuries in Asiana Crash 214, who went to the hospital, only 20 remained hospitalized as of July 8, 2013. Only 7 were in critical condition, When you consider that there were 307 passengers, the low number of diagnosed injuries in Asiana Crash is remarkable.
During the period of evacuation there is what they call a “fog of war” period where passengers are so shook up they are not aware of their surroundings or whether they may be injured or not. This happens often at the scene of any kind of accident. This attributes to many injuries to go unnoticed or undiagnosed. Passengers from Asiana Airlines Flight 214 may have walked away from the scene feeling unscathed. Hours, days or even weeks later they present with symptoms that could be attributed to the plane crash. With an impact as hard and biomechanical forces as severe as the passenger’s and crew experienced, there would inevitably be brain injury caused by the acceleration/deceleration even if the injured person did not hit his or her head on impact. Without any obvious physical injuries traumatic brain injury is easy to go undetected.
Symptoms such as confusion, amnesia and headaches can arise quickly or overtime. Headaches are a major symptom that should not be ignored. If a passenger is experiencing headaches since the crash they should seek immediate medical attention for this symptom. Headaches could be a sign of brain injury whether they had been examined by the emergency room or not examined at all. For more information regarding brain injury headaches Click Here (link to http://tbilaw.com/brain-injury-symptamology.html)
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