Air Bag Safety - 12/09/11
Abstract |
Study objective: To describe injuries associated with deployment of air bag passive-restraint systems in use in the United States.
Design: Retrospective review of data collected by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) from 1980 to 1994. Participants: Occupants of air bag-equipped vehicles who were involved in crashes on US roads. Results: Of 618 reported occupant injuries related to air bag deployment, an overwhelming majority were classified as minor (96.1%). Most occupants sustained abrasions, contusions, and lacerations. The face (42.0%), wrist (16.8%), forearm (16.3%) and chest (9.6%) were the most frequently injured body areas. Conclusion: Most injuries related to air bag deployment are minor and must be viewed in the context of the potentially life-threatening injuries they prevent. [Antosia RE, Partridge RA, Virk AS: Air bag safety. Ann Emerg Med June 1995;25:794-798.]
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 | From the Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Havard Medical School*, Boston; the Department of Emergency Medicine, New England Medical Center Hospital, Tufts University School of Medicine‡, Boston, Massachusetts; and the Department of Emergency Medicine, Waltham-Weston Hospital and Medical Center, Waltham, Massachusetts. |
| Presented at the Fifth International Conference on Emergency Medicine, London, May 1994. |
 | Address for reprints: Robert E Antosia, MD, MPH, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, 617-732-5640, Fax 617-278-6977 |
| Reprint no. 47/1/64213 |
Vol 25 - N° 6
P. 794-798 - juin 1995 Retour au numéro
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