โ Scribed by Donald F. Huelke; Charles P. Compton
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Data on passenger cars in frontal crashes were reviewed using NASS 1980-1991. Only crashes with one or more rear seat passengers were included. Combinations (pairs) were made based on restraint use: lap-shoulder belts in the front seat (or no belts worn) and lap belts, (or belts worn) in the rear seat. Passive belts or child restrained occupants were not included. The AIS was used for injury severity. The data indicate the rear seat to be a safer environment. Lap belted rear seat occupants always fared better than their front seat counterparts.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
and their responsibility for high risk populations. The last chapter, although very brief, is a useful outline of a model 20-hr. course on highway and non-highway accidents which could be given in the second or third year of medical training. It covers not only emergency care but human and environme