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Propeller and jet‐ski injuries during Christmas and New Year in Western Australia
Author(s) -
Garg Hemant,
Twerenbold Reto,
Zellweger Rene
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja11.10136
Subject(s) - propeller , aeronautics , jet (fluid) , engineering , history , forensic engineering , marine engineering , aerospace engineering
This is the first published case series of patients with injuries from watercraft propellers and jet skis. Five patients presented to the level-one trauma centre of Western Australia with such injuries over 10 days during the 2010-2011 Christmas holidays; all required surgery, and all but one sustained multiple, severe injuries.