SEATBELT CERVICAL INJURY IN AN INTERSECTION TYPE VEHICULAR COLLISION.

THE SEATBELT SYNDROME REPRESENTS A SPECTRUM OF TRAUMATIC ENTITIES REPORTED IN RESTRAINED SURVIVORS OF SUDDEN IMPACT DECELERATIONS, WHO MAY EXHIBIT BRUISING OF THE TORSO ALONG THE SITE OF SEATBELT PLACEMENT. THE CASE IS PRESENTED OF A PATIENT SUSTAINING CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION AND QUADRIPLEGIA ATTRIBUTED TO IMPINGEMENT UPON A 3-POINT ATTACHMENT HARNESS RESTRAINT.