RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Near hanging presenting to an accident and emergency department.
JF Journal of Accident & Emergency Medicine
JO Arch Emerg Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine
SP 135
OP 136
DO 10.1136/emj.13.2.135
VO 13
IS 2
A1 Howell, M A
A1 Guly, H R
YR 1996
UL http://emj.bmj.com/content/13/2/135.abstract
AB Victims of near hanging are being increasingly seen in accident and emergency (A&E) department. This paper reports on seven cases of near hanging seen over four years in a district general hospital. The mechanism of injury is ligature strangulation rather than cervical spinal cord injury. All cases of near hanging should be actively and vigorously resuscitated, as initial presenting features bear a poor correlation to eventual outcome.