Open AccessTrauma Mechanisms and Injuries Associated with Go-Karting
Author(s) -
E.M.M. vanLieshout,
D. deHartog,
I.B. Schipper,
Hasan Hüseyin Eker
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the open orthopaedics journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1874-3250
DOI - 10.2174/1874325001004010107
Subject(s) - medicine , medical emergency , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , poison control , intensive care medicine , pathology
Annually, approximately 600 patients seek medical attention after go-kart accidents in the Netherlands. A large variability in injury patterns can be encountered. Knowledge of the trauma mechanisms of go-kart accidents and insight into the associated injuries is limited and requires improvement. Such additional knowledge may lead to customized trauma protocols for patients with a high index of suspicion on go-kart injuries. Research into trauma mechanisms may also lead to implementation of improved or additional safety measures for go-karting, involving both the go-karts itself as well as prerequisites to the go-kart tracks and qualifications for the drivers. The main trauma mechanisms involved in gokart accidents, and three cases to illustrate the variety of injuries are described in the current manuscript.