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Penetrating chest trauma secondary to a composite hockey stick injury

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Joel Kennedy ,
Robert S. Green  and
Harry Henteleff
Joel Kennedy
Affiliation:
Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
Robert S. Green*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Critical Care Medicine, QEII Health Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
Harry Henteleff
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, QEII Health Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
*
Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University, Rm. 377, Bethune Building, 1278 Tower Rd., Halifax NS B3H 2Y9

Abstract

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Hockey is enjoyed by millions of people around the world and is a sport in which aggression is encouraged and injuries are common. Although body-checking is the most common cause of injury in hockey today, hockey sticks are associated with up to 14% of injuries. We report a case of chest trauma requiring surgical intervention secondary to the penetration of a composite hockey stick into a player's thoracic cavity.

Keywords

ice hockeycomposite hockey stickchest traumapenetrating injury
Type
Case Report • Observations de cas
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 8 , Issue 6 , November 2006 , pp. 437 - 440
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2006

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