Long-term medical consequences for child occupants 0 to 12 years injured in car crashes.

Conclusion: The pattern of injuries resulting in permanent medical impairment is different for children and adults; therefore, safety priorities for children need to be based on child data. The majority of those injuries leading to PMI were at lower AIS levels. Furthermore, AIS 1 cervical spine and AIS 1+ head injuries should be given priority concerning mitigation of long-term consequences for children. PMID: 24471361 [PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24471361?dopt=Abstract

Source: Traffic Injury Prevention - February 8, 2014 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Bohman K, Stigson H, Krafft M Tags: Traffic Inj Prev Source Type: research