Journal article
Pediatric and adolescent injury in all-terrain vehicles
Research in sports medicine, Vol.26(sup1), pp.38-56
01/01/2018
DOI: 10.1080/15438627.2018.1438279
PMID: 30431365
Abstract
terrain vehicles (ATVs) remain a significant source of death and injury among youth. The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the scope of the problem, the risk factors involved, crash-related outcomes and costs, and injury prevention strategies. There are currently more than 100 pediatric ATV-related fatalities each year and over 30,000 emergency department visits, with a potential annual cost for deaths and injuries approaching $1 billion. Major risk factors include lack of training, operating adult-size ATVs, riding as or carrying passengers, riding on the road, and not wearing a helmet. Extremity injuries are highly common, and the leading causes of death include brain injuries and multi-organ trauma. The latter increasingly involves being crushed by or pinned under the ATV. Reducing ATV-related deaths and injuries will require multiple strategies that integrate approaches from education, engineering, and evidence-based safety laws and their enforcement.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Pediatric and adolescent injury in all-terrain vehicles
- Creators
- Gerene M. Denning - Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of MedicineCharles A. Jennissen - Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Research in sports medicine, Vol.26(sup1), pp.38-56
- DOI
- 10.1080/15438627.2018.1438279
- PMID
- 30431365
- NLM abbreviation
- Res Sports Med
- ISSN
- 1543-8627
- eISSN
- 1543-8635
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 19
- Grant note
- Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Iowa
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2018
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Emergency Medicine; Injury Prevention Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984296972102771
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