Wermert Amy, Opalek Judy M
Grant Medical Center, Trauma Program, 111 S Grant Avenue, Columbus, OH 43215, USA.
J Trauma Nurs. 2009 Oct-Dec;16(4):208-13; quiz 214-5. doi: 10.1097/JTN.0b013e3181ca08d9.
Motorcycle registrations are on the rise in the United States, especially among riders over 40 years of age. While motorcycle popularity has been increasing, so have injuries and fatalities. Unfortunately, motorcycle crashes have been increasing at a disproportionately high rate. In 2007, motorcycle fatalities reached the highest level since the Department of Transportation began collecting data in 1975. Because of the increasing number of motorcycle crashes in Ohio and Central Ohio, a multidisciplinary team consisting of the Grant Medical Center's trauma program, Franklin County Safe Communities (a Columbus Public Health program), the American Motorcyclist Association, and Columbusbiker.com applied for and received a $5,000 motorcycle safety mini-grant from the American Public Health Association, Public Health Traffic Safety Institute. The mini-grant provided funding from October 2008 to September 2009. The 3 goals of the mini-grant were to promote "sharing the road" with motorcycles, inform the reentry riding community on the necessity of proper rider training, and train the Ohio injury prevention workforce on motorcycle safety and the motorcycling culture. However, the ultimate goal is to prevent death and reduce injury due to motorcycle crashes.
在美国，摩托车注册数量呈上升趋势，尤其是在40岁以上的骑手当中。尽管摩托车越来越受欢迎，但受伤和死亡人数也在增加。不幸的是，摩托车事故一直在以极高的比例增加。2007年，摩托车死亡人数达到了自1975年交通运输部开始收集数据以来的最高水平。由于俄亥俄州和俄亥俄州中部摩托车事故数量不断增加，一个由格兰特医疗中心创伤项目、富兰克林县安全社区（哥伦布公共卫生项目）、美国摩托车手协会和哥伦布骑行网组成的多学科团队申请并获得了美国公共卫生协会公共卫生交通安全研究所提供的5000美元摩托车安全小额赠款。该小额赠款在2008年10月至2009年9月期间提供资金。该小额赠款的三个目标是促进与摩托车“共享道路”，向重新开始骑行的群体宣传适当骑手培训的必要性，并就摩托车安全和摩托车文化对俄亥俄州伤害预防工作人员进行培训。然而，最终目标是防止因摩托车事故导致的死亡并减少伤害。
