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Emergency Medicine Questions (EMQs)
Theme: Severe pelvic fracture in blunt trauma
  1. M Davey

https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.2010.094656

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    Question 1

    Which of the following are true regarding pelvic fractures?

    1. The introduction of front airbags has significantly reduced the incidence of pelvic fractures in motor vehicle accidents (MVA).

    2. The combination of pelvic ring fractures and haemorrhagic shock is associated with a mortality of approximately 50%.

    3. Rupture of the thoracic aorta is more than …

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      Theme: Severe pelvic fracture in blunt trauma
      BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine
      Emergency Medicine Journal 2010; 27 405-405 Published Online First: 04 May 2010. doi: 10.1136/emj.2010.094656a