Young riders: all-terrain vehicle use in north Texas.
Annually, there are more than 54,000 visits to nationwide emergency departments as a result of injuries sustained while riding all-terrain vehicles. Of those visits, nearly one-half involve children younger than 16 years. Children's Medical Center Dallas admitted 211 patients over a 5-year period from March 2002 until May 2007 as a result of all-terrain vehicle-related incidents with 207 of those patients aged 13 years or younger. The primary mechanisms of these injuries were secondary to collision with stationary objects, rolling of the vehicles, and falling from the vehicles.
Moore
Sara
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Trauma Services, Children's Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75235, USA. sara.moore@childrens.com
Sabella
Joseph
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D000056:Accident Prevention; D000059:Accidents / Q000401:mortality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D046688:Child Mortality; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006260:Head Protective Devices / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008297:Male; D015541:Off-Road Motor Vehicles / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012042:Registries; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology