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Journal of Local and Global Health Science - Proceedings of the 24th World International Traffic Medicine Association Congress, Qatar 2015, November 2015
Proceedings of the 24th World International Traffic Medicine Association Congress, Qatar 2015, November 2015
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Awareness and education are the most significant elements for safe driving behavior and better life quality
More LessTraffic has become essential to our daily life. It is necessary to handle it properly by means of prediction, planning and management. This is especially true for the rapid development of road networks in the country and the exponential increase in the number of drivers, vehicles and the related industry development. In recent years, traffic safety, as well as the prevention and treatment of accident injuries have received more attention. In par Read More
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Trends in criminal convictions in Japan for vehicle collisions where one driver suffers from an epileptic seizure
Authors: Mineko Baba and Masahito HitosugiFor the last fourteen years in Japan, casualties due to traffic collisions have decreased. There were 9,073 traffic fatalities in 2000 and 4,113 in 2014. However, it has been argued that traffic collisions caused by one driver’s poor physical condition account for 10% of all traffic collisions. To reduce collisions to an even greater degree, this type of collision should be prevented. To investigate this issue, we studied criminal liability for driver Read More
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Children safety risk factors in Khorasan Razavi province
Authors: Ali Zayerzadeh, Nassir Baradaran Rahmanian and Jafar ShahamatAlthough there has been a decline in the popularity of walking, it remains a very commonly employed mode of travel and people of almost all ages and sexes walk. Walking almost inevitably involves crossing a road, where the desire line of the pedestrian conflicts with the higher speed. Where speeds are high, this can result in either delay or risk for the pedestrian and when pedestrians are children the situation becomes more complicated. So Read More
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Identification of the demographic, temporal and geographical risk factors for road traffic injuries (RTIs) in the State of Qatar: An analysis of health sector (ambulance, emergency and trauma) data on RTIs
More LessThe 1.2 million deaths per annum globally caused by road traffic injuries (RTIs) have been likened to a plane crashing every day (1). Nevertheless, RTIs are a neglected public health concern. There were 247 road traffic fatalities in Qatar in 2010, a rate of 14.4 deaths per 100,000 people. Even though recent progress has been made, this remains three times higher than Western European countries. It is akin to a plane crash every year for Read More
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Analysis of facial injuries requiring ophthalmological care due to frontal vehicle collisions
Authors: Masahito Hitosugi, Satoshi Furukawa and Satomu MoritaMotor vehicle collisions are responsible for a large number of ocular injuries. Although ocular injuries require an early ophthalmological examination at the time of trauma to detect any type of ocular dysfunction, some ophthalmological abnormalities are not detected after the facial injury owing to failure of referral ophthalmologists. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of requiring ophthalmological care by evaluating the patte Read More
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Assessment of road safety knowledge and practices among undergraduates in a medical college in Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu.
More LessOn any given day, almost 3400 people die globally due to road traffic accidents. The global status report from WHO in 2013 estimates that in India alone approximately 231,000 people are killed due to RTAs yearly. The majority of the victims are unfortunately children, elderly and innocent pedestrians. Due to these astonishing numbers, in 2014 the UN General Assembly, in union with a dozen countries, adopted a resolution of “Improving global r Read More
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A study on crossing speed profiles of pedestrians at signalized crosswalks
Authors: Wael K. M. Alhajyaseen and Miho Iryo-AsanoPedestrian–vehicle conflicts are one of the most important safety concerns especially at intersections. Of total traffic fatalities, 30% and 36% are pedestrians in Qatar and in Japan, respectively (National Police Agency in Japan, 2015). Although pedestrians at signalized intersections are given priority during the green phase, turning vehicles in conflict often do not give the right of way to pedestrians but tend to compete for it. Furthermore, l Read More
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The effect of ADHD symptoms in traffic accidents
Authors: Diva Eensoo, Evelyn Kiive, Kariina Laas and Jaanus HarroAttention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common psychiatric disorders among children and adolescents. Adult ADHD is often underestimated and untreated, but may influence drivers’ behaviour in traffic. The objective of the present study is to clarify how symptoms of ADHD are associated with different types of traffic accidents. A subsample of the subjects of Estonian Psychobiological Traffic Behaviour Study was r Read More
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Road Accidents In Bangalore: A Report
More LessPresently there are about 53 lakh vehicles plying on Bangalore’s roads. The absolute number of road accidents has also been growing at an alarming rate which reflects concomitant investment in road safety strategies coupled with rapid rate of motorisation. At the same time, there is lacuna in the whole system of reporting, recording and analysing road traffic crashes. The process of building a report on ‘road accidents in Bangalore” sta Read More
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BTRAC – Bangalore traffic improvement project – A case study
More LessFrom 3 lakh vehicles in 1985, to about 53 lakh now, vehicle population in Bangalore has increased more than five fold during the last two decades. While the vehicle population is growing by at least one lakh every year, total road length has remained the same. Many of the arterial roads and junctions are operating over the capacity and to upgrade the city's traffic management system and resulted in the creation of the Bangalore Traffic Improv Read More
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Endotracheal tube cuff pressure during aeromedical transport
By Sean GrahamThe use of helicopters and planes for transporting sick or injured patients to tertiary care centers is common practice. Aviation medicine requires a different perspective regarding patient care. One must consider the effects of higher altitudes on patients when utilizing aeromedical transportation. An endotracheal tube (ETT) utilizes air to inflate a balloon (“cuff”); the cuff invasively secures the ETT and the pressure must be measured and Read More
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Case characteristics and injury mechanisms in motor vehicle accidents in South East Norway from 2000 to 2014: An autopsy study
Authors: Jan Mario Breen, Paal Aksel Naess, Christine Gaarder and Arne Stray-PedersenTo elucidate crash and injury patterns of vehicle occupants in fatal motor vehicle accidents (MVA). A retrospective study of fatal MVA victims based on data from post mortem examinations between 2000-2014 in South East Norway was conducted. Within the 15 year period, 561 vehicle occupants killed in traffic were identified, 373 were vehicle drivers and 158 passengers. Compared with data from official statistics, this represents an autopsy Read More
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Characteristics of approach pattern in car and bicycle in Japanese traffic road
Authors: Yasuhiro Matsui, Shoko Oikawa and Masahito HitosugiProtection of vulnerable road users is important to reduce traffic fatality in Japan. The use of active safety devices that can detect cyclists is considered to be an effective countermeasure for reducing the severity of injuries and number of cyclist fatality. The detailed features of car–cyclist contact scenarios need to be clarified to develop such safety devices. Since there is limited information on real-world accidents, the present study inv Read More
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Reported traffic injuries during a pilot of injury surveillance system in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Authors: Faisal Murdhi Alanazi and Syed Arif HussainRoad traffic injuries are second leading cause of mortality in hospitals of Ministry of Health (MOH) – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) (1), costing billions of Saudi Riyals annually (2). The Injury & Accidents Prevention Program in MOH, realizing the dearth of data about injuries, designed a uniform Injury Surveillance System in 2013, with assistance of the World Health Organization (WHO) and in collaboration with Ministry of Interior and Red Cr Read More
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Seat belt and mobile phone use among young adult drivers in the State of Qatar
Authors: Sohaila Cheema, Hekmat Alrouh, Ziyad Mahfoud and Ravinder MamtaniAnnually 1.2 million deaths occur globally due to road traffic injuries; additionally, 20-50 million are injured or disabled ("Global status report", 2013). Concomitant with rapid socioeconomic growth, infrastructure development and increased vehicle ownership, injury, disability and mortality due to road traffic collisions are high in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. This is also true for Qatar where road traffic collisions are one of the leadi Read More
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Crash risk in morbidly obese drivers before and after bariatric surgery: A population-based cohort study
Authors: Junaid Ahmad Bhatti, Avery Nathens and Donald RedelmeierMorbid obesity is a major public health problem in high-income, developed and fast developing countries. The potential effects of morbid obesity on road crash risk have rarely been investigated. In this study, we evaluated road crash risks in morbidly obese drivers who underwent bariatric surgery. We conducted a self-matched cohort analysis of morbidly obese adult patients in Ontario (Canada) who underwent bariatric surgery between Apr Read More
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Drivers obesity and road crash risks in the United States
Authors: Junaid Ahmad Bhatti, Avery Nathens and Donald A RedelmeierWe assessed obesity trends in US drivers involved in fatal crashes since 1999 and distinguished whether crash risk factors were different between obese and non-obese drivers. We included drivers of passenger cars involved in fatal traffic crashes between January 1, 1999 and December 31, 2012. Obesity was classified according to the World Health Organization guidelines and profiled between 1999 and 2012 using adjusted prevalence ratio (aP Read More
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Encouraging a driving safety culture through positive peer pressure with courtesy
Authors: Guillaume Alinier and Mohamud VerjeeAlthough road safety and driver behaviour have improved over the last few years in Qatar, more accidents can be prevented and still more lives saved. One simple and very important step to reduce the severity of injuries for drivers and passengers is the proper and consistent use of a seat belt (1). Since law enforcement is not always effective, additional approaches should be used. We believe a road safety culture needs to be developed amo Read More
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Current and future trends in wireless enabling technologies for fully automomous cruise cars and their enhancement of road safety
More LessRecent years have witnessed acceleration in wireless technology breakthroughs that proved to be key technology enablers of a plethora of applications that have shaped our modern society. For road safety and accident preventions, wireless technologies play a pivotal role in saving lives by assisting drivers in detecting potential collisions from blind spots and in inclement weather conditions such as thick fog or heavy rain. These wireless te Read More
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Embedding the Safe System into the next generation of road safety audits
Authors: Michael de Roos, Vivian Robert and Fabian MarshRoad Safety Audits are used to identify risks and to propose remedial works on new and existing. The Safe System requires a change in focus from mitigating crashes to preventing death and serious injury. Development of the Qatar Road Safety Audit Guide (RSAG) presented an ideal opportunity to reinvigorate road safety auditing practices in accordance with the Safe System. The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) commissioned a RSAG t Read More
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