Physician’s Guide to Assessing and Counseling Older Drivers: 2nd Edition

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• Corporate Creators:
  American Medical Association
• Contributors:
  Schwartzberg, Joanne G.
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Aged drivers
  • Physicians
  • Traffic safety
  • Traffic crashes
  • Evaluation and assessment
  • Counseling
  • Crash injuries
  • Diseases and medical conditions
  • Fatalities
  • High risk drivers
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  HS-811 298
• Resource Type:
  Manual
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  American Medical Association ; United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  This Guide was created by the American Medical Association (AMA), with support from the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA), to help physicians address preventable injuries—in particular, those incurred in motor vehicle crashes. Currently, motor vehicle injuries are the leading cause of injury-related deaths among 65- to 74-year-olds and are the second leading cause (after falls) among 75- to 84-year-olds. While traffic safety programs have reduced the fatality rate for drivers under age 65, the fatality rate for older drivers has consistently remained high. Clearly, additional efforts are needed. Physicians are in a leading position to address and correct this health disparity. By providing effective health care, physicians can help their patients maintain a high level of fitness, enabling them to preserve safe driving skills later in life and protecting them against serious injuries in the event of a crash. By adopting preventive practices—including the assessment and counseling strategies outlined in this guide—physicians can better identify drivers at risk for crashes, help enhance their driving safety, and ease the transition to driving retirement if and when it becomes necessary.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/62115/dot_62115_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.09 MB]
• Collection(s):
  NHTSA - Behavioral Safety Research ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ea5902dcd1150cb1aa522d6ca05a0a2ea4bb0c387b70d28d7abbc31d47e85c2f