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Head Injury Risk And Car Seat Use For Children In Collisions, Peyton A. Schroeder, M.J. Skhurm, D. Fraser, K. Mcclafferty
Head Injury Risk And Car Seat Use For Children In Collisions, Peyton A. Schroeder, M.J. Skhurm, D. Fraser, K. Mcclafferty
Western Research Forum
Background: Motor vehicle collisions (MVCs) are the leading cause of death for people under the age of 17 years. Almost 80% of rear seat motor vehicle passengers are children. Previous studies have shown that a large fraction of injuries to children in MVCs involved the head and chest. In this study, the hypothesis that children under the age of eight using a forward-facing child restraint system (FFCRS) will have more severe head injuries than children using any other type of restraints in an MVC was tested.
Methods: Several datasets obtained from Transport Canada and Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Centre emergency …