Chemical Burn from an Airbag

[Chemical burn from an airbag].

Airbags are a safety mechanism proven to be effective in reducing the severity and fatality of traffic accidents.1 Nevertheless, airbag deployment has induced multiple injuries; superficial abrasions, contusions, lacerations, and thermal and chemical burns are the most common.2-4 A 21-year-old man was seen by the dermatologist on duty for facial burns and eye injury secondary to the sudden depl...

Development of an Improved Airbag-Induced Thermal Skin Burn Model

The UMTRI Airbag Skin Burn Model has been improved through laboratory testing and the implementation of a more flexible heat transfer model. A new impinging jet module based on laboratory measurements of heat flux due to high-velocity gas jets has been added, along with an implicit finite-difference skin conduction module. The new model can be used with airbag gas dynamics simulation outputs, o...

An atypical chemical burn.

Chemical Burn From Cinnamon Oil

Bilateral chemical eye injury resulting from airbag deployment.

A case report highlighting an unusual cause of a chemical injury and an explanation of the basic initial management of chemical eye injuries: relevant to all Armed Forces medical personnel.