Helmet use, patterns of injury, medical outcome, and costs among motorcycle drivers in Maryland
| Autor: | Belavadi S. Shankar, Ameen I. Ramzy, Patricia C. Dischinger, Carl C. Clark, Carl A. Soderstrom |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Engineering Poison control Human Factors and Ergonomics Crash Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Acute care Injury prevention medicine Forensic engineering Craniocerebral Trauma Humans Safety Risk Reliability and Quality Maryland business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Accidents Traffic Human factors and ergonomics Emergency department Middle Aged Motorcycles Costs and Cost Analysis Wounds and Injuries Female Head Protective Devices Health Expenditures business human activities Demography |
| Zdroj: | Accident; analysis and prevention. 24(4) |
| ISSN: | 0001-4575 |
| Popis: | A comprehensive study was conducted of all motorcycle traffic crashes occurring in Maryland during a one-year period. All available medical and cost data were linked with police crash reports. During the study period, 1,900 motorcycle drivers were involved in crashes. The data indicated that (i) helmet usage was 35% overall, 30% among fatally injured drivers, and only 16% among drivers with a history of drug/alcohol conviction, (ii) unhelmeted drivers seen at an emergency department were almost twice as likely to have sustained head injury (40%) as were helmeted drivers (21%) (the corresponding percentages for hospitalized drivers were 55% and 38%), and (iii) acute care cost for unhelmeted drivers was three times ($30,365) that of helmeted drivers. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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