All-terrain vehicle-related nonfatal injuries among young riders in the United States, 2001-2010.

Objective: To estimate the numbers and rates of all-terrain vehicle (ATV)-related nonfatal injuries among riders aged ≤ 15 years treated in hospital emergency departments (EDs) in the United States during 2001-2010.

Methods: National Electronic Injury Surveillance System-All Injury Program data for 2001-2010 were analyzed. Numbers and rates of injuries were examined by age group, gender, primary body part injured, diagnosis, and hospital admission status.

Risk factors, health behaviors, and injury among adults employed in the transportation, warehousing, and utilities super sector.

Background: The TWU super sector is engaged in the movement of passengers and cargo, warehousing of goods, and the delivery of services. The purpose of this study is to describe employee self-reported personal risk factors, health behaviors and habits, disease and chronic conditions, and employer-reported nonfatal injury experiences of workers in the TWU super sector.

Methods: National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data for 1997-2007, grouped into six morbidity and disability categories and three age groups, were reviewed.

State-specific ATV-related fatality rates: an update in the new millennium.

Objectives: We compared state-specific all-terrain vehicle (ATV) fatality rates from 2000-2007 with 1990-1999 data, grouping states according to helmet, training, and licensure requirements.

Methods: We used the CDC WONDER online database to identify ATV cases from 2000-2007 and calculate rates per 100,000 population by state, gender, and age.

Results: ATV deaths (n=7,231) occurred at a rate of 0.

A trial of an all-terrain vehicle safety education video in a community-based hunter education program.

Purpose: All-terrain vehicle (ATV) injury is an increasingly serious problem, particularly among rural youth. There have been repeated calls for ATV safety education, but little study regarding optimal methods or content for such education. The purpose of this study was to determine if an ATV safety video was effective in increasing ATV safety knowledge when used in a community-based statewide hunter education program.

ATV and bicycle deaths and associated costs in the United States, 2000-2005.

Objective: We determined the rate and costs of recent U.S. all-terrain vehicle (ATV) and bicycle deaths.

ATV deaths among older adults in West Virginia: evidence suggesting that "60 is the new 40!".

Objectives: Describe the epidemiology of all-terrain vehicle (ATV) deaths among persons > or =65 years of age in West Virginia from 1999-2007.

Material And Methods: We conducted a review of death certificates identifying ATV fatalities from ICD-10 diagnostic codes V86.0, V86.

Fatal all-terrain vehicle crashes: injury types and alcohol use.

Background: Since the 1990s, West Virginia has led the U.S. in the per-capita death rate from all-terrain vehicle (ATV) crashes, with rates eight times the national average and continually increasing.

All-terrain vehicle-related hospitalizations in the United States, 2000-2004.

Objectives: To estimate the incidence of all-terrain vehicle (ATV)-related injury hospitalizations in the United States from 2000 through 2004, and to describe the types of injuries and associated hospital costs for the entire population.

Methods: Data for 2000 through 2004 were obtained from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample--a stratified probability sample of 1004 community hospitals from 37 states. ATV injuries were defined by ICD-9-CM external cause of injury codes within E821.

Realities of disaster preparedness in rural hospitals.

Disaster preparedness has always been an area of major concern for the medical community, but recent world events have prompted an increased interest. The health care system must respond to disasters of all types, whether the incidents occur in urban or rural settings. Although the barriers and challenges are different in the rural setting, common areas of preparedness must be explored.

Realities of rural emergency medical services disaster preparedness.

Introduction: Disaster preparedness is an area of major concern for the medical community that has been reinforced by recent world events. The emergency healthcare system must respond to all types of disasters, whether the incidents occur in urban or rural settings. Although the barriers and challenges are different in the rural setting, common areas of preparedness must be explored.

All-terrain vehicle-related nonfatal injuries among young riders: United States, 2001-2003.

Background: All-terrain vehicles (ATVs) have gained in popularity in recent years, and this rise in use has been accompanied by increases in the number of ATV-related injuries. Because children often lack the physical strength, cognitive abilities, and fine motor skills to operate ATVs properly, their risk for injury is greater. Furthermore, most children ride adult-sized ATVs.

A brief summary of alcohol intervention research at West Virginia University from 1998-2003.

Injury resulting in death and disability and alcohol-related problems are two major problems in West Virginia, yet few effective preventive strategies are available. A relatively simple and effective preventive strategy, appropriate for all health care providers, can help to alter excessive alcohol consumption and its resulting harm and consequences. Over the past five years, a series of alcohol intervention projects have been conducted in the Emergency Department at West Virginia University Hospital and other medical settings.

Neurological injury and death in all-terrain vehicle crashes in West Virginia: a 10-year retrospective review.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to profile all-terrain vehicle crash victims with neurological injuries who were treated at a Level I trauma center.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed trauma registry data for 238 patients who were admitted to the Jon Michael Moore Trauma Center at the West Virginia University School of Medicine after all-terrain vehicle crashes, between January 1991 and December 2000. Age, helmet status, alcohol and drug use, head injuries, length of stay, disposition, and hospital costs were studied.

ATV-related deaths in West Virginia: 1990-2003.

During the 14-year period from 1990-2003, West Virginia experienced 220 deaths related to All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs). Death rates in West Virginia however, were significantly higher than the national rate or those of any of the its five surrounding states. About 25% of the West Virginia deaths occurred in children less than 18 years of age.

Matched analysis of parent's and children's attitudes and practices towards motor vehicle and bicycle safety: an important information gap.

The purpose of this study was to compare parents' and children's attitudes and habits towards use of bicycle helmets and car seat belts. We hypothesized that parental perception of their children's safety practices did not reflect actual behavior and further, that parental practices, rather than their beliefs about a particular safety practice, have a greater affect on their child's risk-taking behavior. The study population consisted of children in grades four and five and their parents/guardians.

Screening and brief intervention for alcohol problems among college students treated in a university hospital emergency department.

The authors evaluated a protocol to screen and provide brief interventions for alcohol problems to college students treated at a university hospital emergency department (ED). Of 2,372 drinkers they approached, 87% gave informed consent. Of those, 54% screened positive for alcohol problems (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test score < or = 6).

Non-fatal injuries in the West Virginia logging industry: using workers' compensation claims to assess risk from 1995 through 2001.

Background: The logging industry has a high rate of both fatal and non-fatal injuries in comparison to other industries, and plays a vital role in WV's economy.

Methods: Workers' compensation (WC) injury claims and employment data were summarized to examine patterns and rates of non-fatal logging injuries in WV from 1995 through 2001.

Results: The average annual rate of injury claims was 16.

Feasibility of screening and intervention for alcohol problems among young adults in the ED.

This study evaluates the feasibility of screening and brief intervention (SBI) for alcohol problems among young adults (18-39 years) in a rural, university ED. Research staff screened a convenience sample of patients waiting for medical treatment with the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), used motivational interviewing techniques to counsel screen-positive patients (AUDIT >/= 6) during the ED visit, and referred patients to off-site alcohol treatment as appropriate. Patients were interviewed again at 3 months.

Alcohol problems among young adult emergency department patients: making predictions using routine sociodemographic information.

Objectives: The study aims were to explore the process of identifying young adult Emergency Department (ED) patients at risk for alcohol problems, examine the sociodemographic predictors of patient alcohol problems, and determine differences between patients who screened positive and those who screened negative for alcohol problems. Implications for ED practice are discussed.

Method: As part of a larger study, the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test was administered to consenting patients ages 18 to 29.

Occupational deaths in West Virginia's older workers: 1980-1998.

West Virginia has an average of 69 work-related deaths per year from 1980 through 1998. Seventeen percent of these deaths occurred in workers age 55 or older. The death rate among these workers was 12.

Deer stand-related trauma in West Virginia: 1994 through 1999.

Background: Deer hunting is a popular activity in much of the United States. In West Virginia, over 350,000 people each year actively hunt deer. Although injuries and deaths caused by shooting-related incidents have declined, hunting injuries caused by falls from deer stands have not.

Estimated annual cost of all terrain vehicle-related deaths in West Virginia: 1990-1999.

In response to a request from West Virginia lawmakers preparing to introduce legislation related to the safe operation of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), estimates were calculated for the economic cost of fatal injuries associated with ATV use. Using the reported number of deaths from the U.S.