TY - BOOK AU - Hyde,Alvi S. TI - Crash injuries: how and why they happen : a primer for anyone who cares about people in cars / SN - 0963705709 AV - RD96.6 .H93 1992 PY - 1992/// CY - Key Biscayne, Fla. PB - Hyde Associates KW - ACCIDENTES DE TRANSITO KW - LESIONES POR ACCIDENTES KW - VICTIMAS DE ACCIDENTES N1 - Includes bibliographical references N2 - 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 ER -