Chinese expert consensus on emergency treatment of automobile seat belt injuries
With the rapid development of China's economy,its automobile ownership has increased sharply,but the resulting road traffic accidents have also become an important public health problem.Since the invention of automobile seat belts(abbreviated as seat belts in the following),the mortality and disability rate of occupants re-duced significantly after road traffic accidents,but it also brings a new problem of seat belt-related injuries.At pres-ent,there is no comprehensive first aid guideline or consensus on seat belt injuries at home and abroad.In order to standardize the treatment of seat belt injuries and improve the treatment ability,State Key Laboratory of Trauma and Chemical Poisoning,Trauma First Aid and Multiple Trauma Group of the Trauma Society of the Chinese Medical As-sociation,and the Editorial Board of Journal of Traumatic Surgery organized experts to develop the Chinese expert consensus on emergency treatment of automobile seat belt injuries.This consensus focuses on the common injury re-gions,assessment techniques,and treatment principles of seat belt injuries,as well as public safety education,etc.
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