Childhood crash injury patterns associated with restraint misuse: Implications for field triage

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-15

  Bulger, Eileen M ^a,b   Kaufman, Robert ^b   Mock, Charles ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

childhood crash injuries; field triage; motor vehicle crashes; restraint misuse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAR; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SEATBELT; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AUTOMOBILES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEAT BELTS; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 46349108816     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00005483     Document Type: Review

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