Crash injuries : how and why they happen : a primer for anyone who cares about people in cars /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Principal: Hyde, Alvi S.
Formato: Libro
Lengua:inglés
Datos de publicación: Key Biscayne, Fla. : Hyde Associates, c1992.
Temas:
Resumen:Introduction - A crash course on car crash - Vehicles, victims and velocities - How we break and tear the stuff we are made of (i.e. Biomechanics Revisited) - Wherein we define, describe and damage muscles, bones and joints - Crash injuries of the extremities - Crash injuries of the abdomen - Crash injuries of the chest - Crash injuries of the head, its face and the brain within - The spine - Sear belts and other restraints: what they can do; what they cannot do; how they can help and hoy they can hurt - Injury measurement scales - Patterns of injury in frontal, lateral, rear and rollover crashes.
Descripción Física:xvii, 262 p. : il. ; 26 cm.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:0963705709