Open AccessBICYCLE PASSENGER INJURIES IN CHILDREN
Author(s) -
Tahir Mirza,
Fakhar Ilyas Malik
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2009.16.01.2969
Subject(s) - medicine , ankle , foot (prosody) , rash , surgery , abrasion (mechanical) , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , engineering
O b j e c t i v e ; To find out types of traumatic injuries in bicycle passenger children. S e t t i n g : At PAC hospital Kamra. P e r i o d :From October 2005 to October 2007. Patients & M e t h o d s : The children between the ages of 03 to 10 years were included in this study.They were divided into two groups. First group(Gp-l) sustained injuries due to ankle or foot entrapment in rear running wheel while thesecond group(Gp-ll) sustained injuries due to fall of bicycle, while child sitting alone either at front bar or rear luggage carrier unattended.R e s u l t s : Gp-I sustained mostly frictional injuries ranging from simple abrasion to deep lacerated wounds of lower leg, ankle and foot. Whilein Gp-ll severe injuries like fractures of upper and lower limbs, visceral abdominal injuries and head injuries were observed. C o n c l u s i o n :Bicycle passenger injuries are common injuries of the children in less developed countries. These injuries range from simple "road rash' toserious head injuries.