Rear Driver's Side: Direct Impact Trauma: Most at risk due to proximity. Concerns include mulƟple fractures and internal injuries. Immediate force can result in mulƟple fractures, including rib, pelvis, and limb fractures. There's a significant concern for internal injuries to organs such as the heart, lungs, and spleen due to the force and proximity of the impact.
Head Trauma: Direct impact against the window or C-pillar is significant. This can cause a brain bleed, which is extremely serious because the brain does not heal like other tissue heals. If there is a brain bleed, there is no place for the swelling of the blood to go. The body simply reabsorbs the blood but when that happens in the brain, it leaves hole in the brain like Swiss cheese. That's why there's often a loss of consciousness and for a lengthy period after the wreck, we have mental fogginess, forgetfulness, and headaches.
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