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ReviewMissouri medicine

Electric Scooters: A Modern Method of Trauma.

Ryan Hoffman, James O'Brien, Matthew Cook

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Review in Missouri medicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Ryan HoffmanResident in Emergency Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, University Health-Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
James O'BrienAssistant Program Director, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, University Health-Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
Matthew CookUltrasound Director, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, University Health-Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electric scooters (e-scooters) have become a popular means of short-distance transportation for major metropolitan areas in several countries over the past decade. Their eco-friendliness, affordability, and ease of operation are selling points to people of all ages, particularly youth and young adults. Societal normalization has unfortunately overshadowed the risks entailed with their operation including severe injury and death. Alcohol, lack of protective equipment, and inadequate infrastructure appear to be common preventable risk factors. Emergency clinicians and trauma teams experience the aftermath of e-scooter injuries, which promise a rising trajectory. Common injury patterns have been identified by researchers around the world, most notably orthopedic, head, and maxillofacial in nature. Becoming familiar with these injury patterns and risk factors contributing to e-scooter accidents can be advantageous to the emergency physician's preparedness and public officials' approach to injury prevention.

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Accidents, TrafficWounds and InjuriesHumansRisk Factorsand maxillofacial traumaElectric scooter injuryorthopedic head

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PMID42125289
PMCPMC13160477

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