Arjun Ganga, Eric J Kim, Ermias S Araia, Matthew Hagan, Belinda Shao, Konstantina Svokos, Petra M Klinge, Deus J Cielo, Jared S Fridley, Ziya L Gokaslan, Steven A Toms, Patricia Zadnik Sullivan
INTRODUCTION: The use of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) carries significant risk of permanent injury and death, disproportionately affecting children. These injuries commonly affect the head and are especially severe among children as they are often unhelmeted and more likely than adults to experience rollover injuries. Many studies examining patients with ATV-related injuries are single-center cohort studies, with few focusing specifically on head injuries. In the present study, we aimed to characterize the annual incidence of ATV-related head injuries between 2012 and 2021, classify and compare head injury types, and identify descriptive characteristics of ATV-related head injury victims...
May 2023: American Journal of Emergency Medicine