The Importance of Identifying Trauma Risk in Small Children Early After An...
Photo credit: Jeremy Hanke While accidents can happen to anyone at any age accidents involving small children can be particularly traumatic and difficult to identify. Around one in ten children still...
View ArticleStudy Confirms Drug Use Significantly Increases Risk of Fatal Crash
Drugged driving has been a safety issue of increasing public concern in the United States and many other countries but its role in motor vehicle crashes had not been adequately examined. In a new study...
View ArticleNew Approach to Breathalyzers is Inexpensive, Portable and Reusable
The opal-based alcohol sensor is green before use but turns redder in the presence of alcohol vapor.Credit: Riccardo Pernice, Università degli Studi di Palermo WASHINGTON, Oct. 8, 2013—To gauge whether...
View Article4 out of 5 College Student Admit to Texting While Driving
US research reveals that 4 out of 5 college student drivers have used their cell phones to send or receive text messages while driving despite the majority recognizing that the activity represents a...
View ArticleSelf-driving Vehicles Present Policy Challenges for Lawmakers
Self-driving vehicles offer the promise of significant benefits to society, but raise several policy challenges, including the need to update insurance liability regulations and privacy concerns such...
View ArticleChronic Neck Pain Common Among Car Crash Victims, but Most Don’t Sue
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – A new study led by University of North Carolina School of Medicine researchers is the first large prospective study to evaluate musculoskeletal pain outcomes after motor vehicle...
View ArticleSharp Rise in Drugged Driving Fatalities as More States Move to Legalize...
The prevalence of non-alcohol drugs detected in fatally injured drivers in the U.S. has been steadily rising and tripled from 1999 to 2010 for drivers who tested positive for marijuana — the most...
View ArticleFatalities in Vehicle Crashes Down, Still Leading Cause of Death Among Children
Motor vehicle crash deaths among children age 12 and younger decreased by 43 percent from 2002-2011; however, still more than 9,000 children died in crashes during that period, according to a newVital...
View ArticleHelicopters Save The Lives of Traumatic Injury Victims
Patients transported to hospital by helicopter have a better chance of surviving traumatic injuries than those transported by ground ambulance despite having more severe injuries and needing more...
View ArticleKnowing the Perils of Texting While Driving Cuts Distracted Driving in Half
SAN FRANCISCO: A simple intervention designed to raise awareness about the use of communication devices while driving reduced the incidence of distracted driving by 50 percent in hospital personnel,...
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