The importance of the airbag in the vehicles is given greater emphasis when he shot road deaths and the alarming figures that became the property that order is considered indispensable. The role has become increasingly popular due to its offers all positives. However, a recent study, it was found that air bags might be the cause of foot and ankle injuries.
Members of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS) say they have noted a significant increase in traumatic foot and ankle injuries in patients who survived motor vehicle accidents. And the reason – air bags!
The federal government began imposing the requirement of dual front air bags for passenger cars in 1998. Since then, a number of studies have conducted to see if the airbags are responsible for the increase in lower limb injuries. According to a federal report, drivers in airbag equipped Car extremity injuries suffered over 17,600 casualties every year. A third of them are at the foot and ankle. Trauma, although not life threatening. Can only lead limited mobility of the affected person may need months or years of rehabilitation and physical therapy. This can also lead to multiple surgeries.
"We see trauma we never saw before," said ACFAS President James L. Thomas, DPM, FACFAS is also a foot and ankle trauma surgeon University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital. "A decade ago, these patients would have died from head trauma or other upper body injuries. Now, thanks the seat belts and air bags, survive. "
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In the ACFAS Annual Scientific Conference surgeons discuss the less invasive techniques for treating traumatic injuries received in car accidents and other incidents. The common technique used by surgeons is the use of internal fixation devices or external. These devices immobilize the foot and ankle, like a cast. Fixation devices internal uses a series of rods, screws and plates attached to bone, stabilize to allow proper healing.
Cremeans Jerry, a Lincoln County High teacher automotive school is educating their students about the power of air bags. He said all drivers, especially younger drivers, have to be aware of the powerful force that sit behind every day.
Cremeans said airbags explode at 175 mph to 200 mph. He noted that if vehicle occupants not properly positioned, an air bag can be extremely dangerous, even deadly. But he said the air bags have saved more lives than it wounded. He added that while drivers are educated, an airbag is a tool to save lives.
Cremeans said drivers need to put himself least 10 inches from the steering wheel so that the airbag to function properly. "I'm trying to do this so that everybody gets a little knowledge what is in front of you when you sit on that wheel or passenger side, "Cremeans said.
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