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Study Calls For Enforcement of Mandatory Bicycle Helmet Laws
Dr Michael Dinh, Emergency Physician and Co-Director of the Department of Trauma Services at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH), Sydney, and co-authors reviewed a study conducted by the RPAH that summarised long-term trends in cyclist head injuries and determined the odds of any skull fracture or intracranial bleed associated with not wearing a helmet.
The study reviewed patients from 1991 to 2009 over the age of 16 who were admitted to the hospital trauma unit suffering from head injuries related to a bicycle incident on public roads. The number of cyclists sustaining severe head injuries has remained consistently low over the long term, with an apparent decline in the rate of severe head injuries in admitted patients since 2005.
Dr Dinh said that among 287 patients for whom information about helmet use was available between 2008 and 2010, non-helmet wearers had five times higher odds of developing intracranial bleeding or sustaining a skull fracture due to falling from a bicycle compared with helmet wearers.
It is the opinion of the trauma service at the RPAH . . . that mandatory bicycle helmet laws be maintained and enforced as part of overall road safety strategies.
The Medical Journal of Australia is a publication of the Australian Medical Association.
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Aussi(Guest)
11/15/2010
No one and no government has any legal right to enforce a law that is ultra-vires to the Australian Constitution. It is our own duty to protect our selves if we wish to. If we want to hurt ourselves it is our choice for this is our god given body and not one that is owned by the state.
The non compliance to wearing a seat belt or bike helmet is one that can easily be won in the courts.
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