with rigidity

👁 AlexanderIII

AlexanderIII

Senior Member

Moscow

Russian

Hi, everybody!
In the American film I am translating a paramedic reports over the radio from the scene of an accident: Twenty-seven-year-old cyclist hit by a truck. Bruised upper left quadrant with rigidity.

Upper left quadrant as I understand is the upper left part of the buttocks.
I am not sure how to interpret 'with rigidity' :
a.'inflicted by a rigid object";
b. 'the bruised area is rigid'.
Could you help please?

👁 Nunty

Nunty

Senior Member

Jerusalem

Hebrew-US English (bilingual)

The upper left quadrant refers to the abdomen.

"Rigidity" in this contexts means that the abdominal muscles are tensed. The abdomen is tight, hard.

👁 AlexanderIII

AlexanderIII

Senior Member

Moscow

Russian

Thank you very much, Nunty. You are the only one who can answer questons like this.

👁 Nunty

Nunty

Senior Member

Jerusalem

Hebrew-US English (bilingual)

AlexanderIII said:

Thank you very much, Nunty. You are the only one who can answer questons like this.

You are very welcome. I am certainly not the only one, though. I'm just the one who is here a lot.

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