Department of Emergency Medicine, The George Washington University Medical Center, 2150 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, DC 20037, USA.
Ann Emerg Med. 2011 Apr;57(4):370-4. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.06.551.
We describe a case series of emergency department (ED) visits for injuries related to the Segway® personal transporter.
This was a retrospective case review using a free-text search feature of an electronic ED medical record to identify patients arriving April 2005 through November 2008. Data were hand extracted from the record, and further information on admitted patients was obtained from the hospital trauma registry.
Forty-one cases were included. The median age was 50 years, and 30 patients (73.2%) were women. Twenty-nine (70.7%) of the patients resided outside the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia, and 32 (78.1%) arrived between June and September. Seven (17.1%) patients had documented helmet use. Ten (24.4%) were admitted. Four patients (40% of admitted patients) required admission to the ICU.
The severity of trauma in this case series of patients injured by the use of the self-balancing personal transporter is significant. Further investigation into the risks of use, as well as the optimal length and type of training or practice, is warranted. A distinct E-code and Consumer Product Safety Commission's product code is needed to enable further investigation of injury risks for this mode of transportation.
我们描述了一系列因使用赛格威个人运输器而导致急诊科就诊的伤害案例。
这是一项回顾性病例研究，使用电子急诊科病历的自由文本搜索功能来识别 2005 年 4 月至 2008 年 11 月期间到达的患者。从病历中手动提取数据，对住院患者的进一步信息则从医院创伤登记处获取。
共纳入 41 例患者。患者的中位年龄为 50 岁，30 例（73.2%）为女性。29 例（70.7%）患者居住在哥伦比亚特区、马里兰州和弗吉尼亚州以外地区，32 例（78.1%）于 6 月至 9 月期间到达。有 7 例（17.1%）患者记录了头盔使用情况。10 例（24.4%）患者需要住院治疗。4 例（40%的住院患者）需要入住重症监护病房。
本系列因使用自平衡个人运输器而受伤患者的创伤严重程度显著。需要进一步调查使用风险，以及最佳的培训或实践时长和类型。需要一个独特的 E 代码和消费者产品安全委员会的产品代码，以进一步调查这种交通方式的受伤风险。
