Death on a Ski Slope.
case_report · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 27437598.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1080/00913847.1994.11710462.
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Abstract
In brief A 29-year-old expert male skier who had been drinking alcohol attempted a difficult slope and fell. His Injuries included a dislocated shoulder, a rib fracture, and subclavian vein transection caused by blunt trauma. He was transported to a medical clinic at the base of the mountain and was intubated, but died before the helicopter ambulance arrived. This skiing fatality is unusual: Head and spinal cord trauma are the leading causes of skiing deaths.