Potentially Preventable Pre-Hospital Deaths from Motor-Vehicle Collisions.

CONCLUSIONS: Nationally, FARS data demonstrated that two-thirds of all MVC deaths occurred within 1 hour of injury. Over a third of pre-hospital MVC deaths were potentially preventable in our local sample. By examining injury patterns in PPDs, targeted intervention may be initiated. PMID: 26890273 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26890273?dopt=Abstract

Source: Traffic Injury Prevention - February 18, 2016 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Ray JJ, Meizoso JP, Satahoo SS, Davis JS, Van Haren, Dermer H, Graygo J, Bahouth GT, Blackbourne, Schulman CI Tags: Traffic Inj Prev Source Type: research

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