Biomechanics of the patient compartment of ambulance vehicles under crash conditions: Testing countermeasures to mitigate injury

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Levick, Nadine ^a   Li, Guohua ^a   Yannaccone, John ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ARCCA Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; BIOMECHANICS; FACINGS; HAZARDS; HYBRID INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SAFETY TESTING;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC TEST DEVICES; CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS; HEAD INJURY CRITERION; OCCUPANT PROTECTIONS; OCCUPANT RESTRAINT; PASSENGER TRANSPORT; REAL WORLD ENVIRONMENTS; SIDE IMPACT DUMMIES;

AMBULANCES;

EID: 85072461493     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2001-01-1173     Document Type: Conference Paper

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