Ejections of Young Children in Motor Vehicle Crashes
| Autor: | Brian Monk, Linda Rothman, Alan German, Jean-Louis Comeau, Alexandra Moses McKeag, Andrew W. Howard |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
animal structures Poison control Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Physical medicine and rehabilitation Injury prevention Humans Medicine Prospective Studies Toddler Child Ontario business.industry Incidence Protective Devices Accidents Traffic Infant Newborn Fatality Analysis Reporting System Infant Human factors and ergonomics Rollover Child Preschool Wounds and Injuries Equipment Failure Surgery business human activities |
| Zdroj: | Scopus-Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 0022-5282 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/01.ta.0000037335.24174.28 |
| Popis: | PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to report the incidence of ejection from the vehicle among children involved in motor vehicle crashes, and to describe a novel mode of ejection from child safety seats. METHODS: The U.S. National Automotive Sampling System General Estimates System and the Fatality Analysis Reporting System databases from 1995 through 1999 were analyzed. A prospective two-center study of children involved in severe car crashes in Canada was performed. RESULTS: Only 0.2% of 5.5 million children involved in crashes experienced ejection, but 1924 (29%) of 6,570 child fatalities involved ejections. Only 2.2% of children experienced rollover crashes, but these contributed 1832 (28%) of 6,570 child passenger fatalities. Among 56 crashes, 5 restrained young children were ejected, 4 in rollover crashes. Ejection of a toddler through the shoulder straps of a forward-facing child safety seat was the mechanism of ejection in three of the five cases. CONCLUSION: Ejection from the vehicle is common (29%) among fatally injured children. Shoulder straps alone (as found in T-shield or overhead shield child seats) may not prevent the ejection of toddlers from child safety seats during rollovers. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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