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Air bag‐associated burn
Author(s) -
Sinha Vivek K,
MacGill Kirstie A
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
emergency medicine australasia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.602
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1742-6723
pISSN - 1742-6731
DOI - 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2007.01013.x
Subject(s) - medicine , medical emergency , emergency medicine
Burns due to the deployment of air bags have been occasionally described in recent years. Most reports are about injuries in the USA. However, there have been few reports of this type of injury in Australia. This case report details such an injury that took place in a road traffic accident in Melbourne, Australia.