All-Terrain Vehicle(ATV) Injuries - An Institutional Review Over 6 Years
| Autor: | M T, Adil, C, Konstantinou, D J, Porter, S, Dolan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Male Adolescent Databases Factual Cohort Studies Fractures Bone Young Adult Risk-Taking Sex Factors quad bike Prevalence Humans Off-Road Motor Vehicles Child Aged Retrospective Studies Trauma Severity Indices childhood trauma Multiple Trauma Accidents Traffic Age Factors helmet all-terrain vehicle injury Middle Aged United Kingdom occupational hazard Survival Rate trauma Clinical Paper Wounds and Injuries Female human activities |
| Zdroj: | The Ulster Medical Journal |
| ISSN: | 2046-4207 |
| Popis: | Objective: Quad bike or all-terrain vehicle (ATV) related injuries are a significant cause of trauma and may present with severe or fatal injuries. Most of the literature describing ATV related injuries come from North America and Australasia and data from the United Kingdom is scarce despite a high prevalence of ATV use. The aim of this study was to describe our single centre experience with ATV injuries over a 6-year period from 2010 to 2015. Materials and Methods: This is a cohort analysis of 65 patients who presented with ATV related injuries in South West Acute Hospital, UK between 2010 and 2015. Results: 65 patients had ATV injuries. 34 (52%) patients were children between 0 – 17 years of age. 88% (n=57) patients were ejected from the ATV, six got trapped underneath and two had collisions. “Ejection” as a mechanism of injury was significantly more common than the other mechanisms (p |
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