title: Air bags: a major advance in injury control.
abstract: Motor vehicle related injury is the number one cause of injury related to morbidity and mortality, exceeding 5 million injuries per year. There is a growing body of scientific evidence that motor vehicles equipped with air bags make a significant impact in reducing both the severity of injury and the overall fatality rate. Nurses are a key resource in the prevention and mitigation of motor vehicle related injury. Nurses must not only be knowledgeable in the vital role that air bags play in motor vehicle crashes, but actively promote and educate individuals and groups regarding injury prevention programs that focus on air bags. Nurses also play an essential role in this approach to injury through the development of partnerships among businesses, government, health care, community groups, and consumers.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Medicine for Mid-Atlantic Emergency Medicine Associates, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Jordan
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017278:Air Bags / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D016530:Orthopedic Nursing; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control*