Uraz ciśnieniowy zatok w górnictwie podziemnym – analiza przypadku
Sinus pressure injury in the underground mining – case study

Summary/Abstract: The paranasal sinuses barotrauma case that occurred in an underground copper mine was discussed in the paper. Basically, such cases have been usually described in literature as related to either diving or aviation. Barotrauma is a combination of two Greek words: báros – burden and traúma – wound or injury. In medical sciences and lifesaving a synonym pressure injury (PU) has been adopted. The main reason of its occurrence is the lack of patency in one of the sinuses connecting it to the nose during a sudden atmospheric pressure change. The cause of the injury, the course of medical treatment and the consequences of the arisen accident were described in the paper. Finally, the PU risk occurrence chance has been assessed in regard of three groups of persons potentially vulnerable towards such event.

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