Impact injury to the pregnant female and fetus in lap belt restraint.

Details

• Creators:
  Snyder, Richard G. ; Snow, Clyde C. ; Crosby, Warren M. ; Hanson, Peter ; Fineg, Jerry ; Chandler, Richard
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Office of Aviation Medicine
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Seat belts
  • Crash injuries
  • Crash injury research
  • Crash tests
  • Fetus
  • Pregnant women
  • Laceration
  • Heart rate
  • Blood pressure
  • X rays
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  AM 68-24 ; DOT/FAA/AM-68/24
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
• Abstract:
  Although it has been well established that the lap (seat) belt offers considerable protection against injury or death in crash environments, there has long been controversy over the injury potential to the pregnant female. This question is of importance in consideration of restraint and seat protective environments for both aircraft and automotive vehicles. Most of the 4 million pregnant women per year in the United States travel by automobile, with a large number traveling by Commercial Civil Aircraft or the Military Air Transport Service. Thus a sizeable population is involved.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/20874/dot_20874_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.57 MB]
• Collection(s):
  FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9056f69722edf0baa8ae33107acb65e033b141a3a48454c567dba035bf3bcb07e9b7feda5d6c525c300c357a2cbfa66656fbb5309d4899f5f62a2fae01dc86d8