A pneumatic jackhammer operator may develop a number of internal injuries.
Risk factors:
(1) pressing the body against the jackhammer
(2) coagulopathy
(3) prolonged use
(4) inexperience
Injuries may include:
(1) hemothorax
(2) cardiac contusion
(3) fat necrosis or torsion of the omentum
(4) fat necrosis of the mesentery
(5) panniculitis and/or fat necrosis of the abdominal wall
(6) hematoma of the abdominal wall
(7) blunt trauma to muscles of the abdominal wall
(8) rupture of the colon
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Specialty: Emergency Medicine, Critical Care
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