Lee Caroline, Porter Keith M
Academic Department of Traumatology, Room 28, Institute of Research & Development, Birmingham Research Park, West Midlands, UK.
Emerg Med J. 2007 Apr;24(4):237-8. doi: 10.1136/emj.2007.046391.
Suspension trauma (also known as "harness-induced pathology" or "orthostatic shock while suspended") is the development of presyncopal symptoms and loss of consciousness if the human body is held motionless in a vertical position for a period of time. It has been described in experiments of personal fall protection, and has been implicated in causes of death in mountaineering accidents, but it seems neither to be widely known about nor to have been presented to the medical profession. This article highlights the potential existence of suspension trauma and suggests that more robust medical research using modern harnesses and healthy volunteers would be beneficial to assess whether this is purely a theoretical risk.
悬吊创伤(也称为“安全带诱发病变”或“悬吊时的直立性休克”)是指人体在垂直位置静止不动一段时间后出现晕厥前期症状和意识丧失的情况。它在个人坠落防护实验中已有描述,并且与登山事故的死亡原因有关,但似乎既未被广泛知晓,也未被医学界所了解。本文强调了悬吊创伤可能存在的情况,并建议使用现代安全带和健康志愿者进行更有力的医学研究,这将有助于评估这是否仅仅是一种理论上的风险。