Seat belt laws and casualties references

✍ Scribed by David Andreassen

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 169 KB
• Volume: 24
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0001-4575
• DOI: 10.1016/0001-4575(92)90082-t

✦ Synopsis

He underwent closed reduction of his extremity fractures in the ICU as well as irrigation and closure of the facial lacerations. On the eighth hospital day, he had reduction of the Le Forte fracture and ORIF of the left femur. Three weeks postoperatively he was transferred to a rehabilitation facility. He never regained full mobility, and he was discharged to an extended care facility six weeks after the accident.

Discussion

Although they sustained a similar degree of impact in a frontal collision with a stationary object, the conditions of these two passengers were dramatically different. The driver had fewer injuries and a much lower ISS, shorter recuperative time, and lower hospital expenditures than did the passenger, who never recovered fully from the accident. Other reports have confirmed the effectiveness of airbags in relation to injury severity (Evans 1990;Jagger 1987; Purse1 1978;Viano 1988). Further investigation of ideal restraint systems should consider the protective benefits of passenger-as well as driver-side airbags.