Injury prevention, part 1

Article Abstract:

Physicians can help prevent motor vehicle-related injuries by identifying and referring patients with alcohol and drug-related problems, counselling parents in the proper use of car seats and seat belts for their children, and educating patients about the importance of helmets when motorcycling or bicycling. Other strategies proven effective at reducing motor vehicle-related injuries are laws mandating helmets for motorcyclists and bicyclists and traffic engineering efforts to protect pedestrians by redirecting high-speed traffic from residential and city core areas and slowing city traffic.

Analysis, Traffic safety, Pedestrians, Motorcyclists

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Injury prevention, part 2

Article Abstract:

Strategies for preventing injuries are presented. Falls in the elderly can be prevented by the elimination of hazards in the home and exercise. Calcium, vitamin D and hormone replacement therapy can reduce the risk of fractures. Warning labels can lower the risk of accidental poisoning and smoke detectors the risk of fire. Fencing and swimming lessons may lower a child's risk of drowning in a pool. Gun control and safe storage of guns can prevent injuries from firearms. Injuries can result in death, serious disability and extensive costs, especially when time lost from work is considered.

Health aspects, Safety and security measures, Firearms, Burns, Poisons, Falls (Accidents), Accidental falls, Burns and scalds, Drowning

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Car occupant death according to the restraint use of other occupants: a matched cohort study

Article Abstract:

People who refuse to wear a seatbelt in a car are not only increasing their risk of death but also the risk of death of other passengers in the car even if those passengers are wearing seatbelts. This was the conclusion of a study of over 88,000 US traffic accidents between 1988 and 2000. Restrained passengers actually had a greater risk of death from an unrestrained passenger than from a restrained passenger during a crash. This occurs because the unrestrained passenger could be catapulted forward, backward, or sideways during a crash.

United States, Drivers (Vehicles), Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation, Motor Vehicle Seating and Interior Trim Manufacturing, Local and Suburban Transportation, Labor Distribution by Employer, Fabricated textile products, not elsewhere classified, Seat & Safety Belts, Statistics, Traffic accidents, Seat belts, Death of

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