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Mechanism of Injury (MOI),or Kinematics,involves the Action of Forces on the Human

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Mechanism of injury (MOI) ,or kinematics,involves the action of forces on the human body and their effects.Motor vehicle collisions (MVCs) account for a high degree of blunt trauma.In the case of an adult trauma victim who is the driver in a head-on MVC at high speed,where the head hits the windshield and the chest impacts the steering wheel,what is the MOI and description of the possible injuries?


A) Acceleration; contusion of the occipital lobe of the brain and posterior chest wall
B) Deceleration; contusion of the frontal lobe of the brain and anterior chest wall
C) Acceleration/deceleration; injury to the anterior and posterior brain and internal thoracic organs and vessels
D) Blunt force trauma; impact force causes subdural and epidural hemorrhage and transaction of the thoracic aorta and great vessels

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