Open AccessPattern of inflicted injuries to motorcyclists referred to Hazrat-E-Rasoul Akram hospital in Tehran during 2015 – 2016
Author(s) -
Siamak Soltani,
Azadeh Memarian,
Kamran Ali,
SaharRismantab Sani,
Leyla Abdolkarimi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_321_21
Subject(s) - medicine , abbreviated injury scale , checklist , occupational safety and health , incidence (geometry) , injury prevention , medical emergency , poison control , head and neck , emergency medicine , injury severity score , surgery , psychology , physics , pathology , optics , cognitive psychology
In recent years, road accidents have been one of the leading causes of death in Iran, with the majority of victims being motorcyclists. Accurate knowledge of the pattern of injuries to those injured is a strategy to reduce the consequences of these fatal accidents. The aim of this study was to investigate the pattern of injuries to motorcyclists.