padded dash syndrome

A rare form of RTA/MVA trauma, primarily affecting ‘passenger side’ occupants in an automobile who are restrained by a lap-type safety belt; in an abrupt stop, the passenger’s body is thrown forward at the waist and the hyper-extended neck strikes the dashboard at the level of the thyroid cartilage

padded dash(board) syndrome

A rare form of trauma, primarily affecting right front seat occupant–'passenger side' in many countries in an automobile accident when he/she is restrained by a lap-type safety belt; in an abrupt stop, the passenger's body is thrown forward at the waist and the hyperextended neck strikes the dashboard at the level of the thyroid cartilage Clinical Respiratory distress due to upper airway obstruction, due to a hematoma, fluid accumulation, aspiration of saliva, fluids, subcutaneous emphysema, fractures of cartilage, pain on swallowing