Recreational motor vehicle use and facial trauma

Abstract

As there is a significant potential for injury, familiarity with injury patterns associated with RMVs is useful in the management of facial trauma. Recreational motorized vehicles facial trauma results in tens of thousands of ED visits annually. This data reinforces the importance of pursuing further efforts to raise public awareness and improve safety measures.

Soccer-Related Facial Trauma

“…It is no surprise that the most common facial fracture was of the nose (75.1%), as is seen in baseball and recreational motor vehicle use. 8,11 Most of the facial fractures were caused by direct headon-head collision between players. Faude et al 5 reported that 40% to 60% of all soccer injuries were due to direct collision with another player or solid object, and Gianotti et al 31 found that increasing age was associated with more injuries from direct player-to-player contact.…”

“…This database has been of great importance in numerous prior analyses. [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27] In November 2015, the most recent 5-year period of data was searched using the product code "soccer" with focus on injuries specific to the face. Data were recorded and evaluated for patient age, sex, injury type, area of face, and a brief narrative description of the incident.…”

Consumer product ingestion and aspiration in children: A 15‐year review

“…Additionally, the NEISS uses validated algorithms created by the CPSC, utilizing cluster variables and sample weighting to calculate estimates of national injury incidence totals for large‐scale data interpretation. Secondary to these strengths, the NEISS has been utilized in numerous analyses spanning a variety of medical specialties …”

Recreational Motorized Vehicle Use Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs Significantly Increases Odds of Craniofacial Injury

“…Injuries are commonly sustained while riding recreational motorized vehicles, like all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), dune buggies, go-carts, minibikes, dirt bikes, mopeds, tricycles, golf carts or utility vehicles, [1][2][3] due to the lack of standard safety features (airbags, seatbelts, enclosed walls) typically found in cars. Like cars, it is illegal to operate these recreational vehicles while intoxicated.…”