ring fracture

ring fracture

Vertical deceleration injury Trauma medicine A type of blunt trauma due to jumping or falling from heights, usually > 5 stories Clinical Injury severity score is 41–predicted survival, 50%; actual survival is less; all had multiple fractures–eg, 'ring fracture' of the skull base, separating the rim of the foramen magnum from the rest of the base and compression fractures of vertebrae, both of which occur when the victim lands on his/her feet or buttocks. See Jumper syndrome.