Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care, Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.
Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care, Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.
Am J Prev Med. 2019 Dec;57(6):826-829. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2019.06.023.
Recreational radio-controlled hobbyist aircraft-particularly "drones"-have become increasingly popular in the last decade. The purpose of this study is to describe injuries associated with hobbyist drones and compare them with injuries associated with other hobbyist aircraft.
In this 2018 cross-sectional analysis of National Electronic Injury Surveillance System data for 2010-2017, case narrative fields were searched to identify emergency department visits related to hobbyist aircraft injuries. The incidence of hobbyist aircraft injuries was estimated, and summary statistics, chi-square tests, and t-tests were used to describe and compare the demographic and clinical characteristics of drone and other hobbyist aircraft-related cases.
An estimated 12,842 hobbyist aircraft injuries presented to U.S. emergency departments during 2010-2017. An increased incidence attributable to drone-related injuries emerged in 2015. Overall, most injuries involved male patients aged 50 years on average. Propeller injuries were the leading mechanism. An estimated 270 patients required hospital admission. Patients injured by drones were younger (mean, 34 years vs 58 years; p<0.001) and more likely to be female than patients injured by hobbyist planes. Drone-related injuries were more likely than plane-related injuries to result from blunt trauma (e.g., being struck or falling during aircraft retrieval; 40.5% vs 7.9%, p<0.001). Helicopter-related injuries more closely resembled drone-related injuries than plane-related injuries.
Hobbyist aircraft-related injuries are increasing, particularly drone-related injuries. Tailored injury prevention measures and product safety materials are needed to address all hobbyist aircraft-related injuries, with a particular focus on drone-related injury prevention measures.
娱乐性无线电遥控业余爱好飞机——尤其是“无人机”——在过去十年中变得越来越流行。本研究的目的是描述与业余爱好无人机相关的伤害，并将其与其他业余爱好飞机相关的伤害进行比较。
在这项 2018 年对 2010-2017 年国家电子伤害监测系统数据的横断面分析中，搜索了案例描述字段，以确定与业余爱好飞机伤害相关的急诊就诊。估计了业余爱好飞机伤害的发生率，并使用汇总统计、卡方检验和 t 检验来描述和比较与无人机和其他业余爱好飞机相关的病例的人口统计学和临床特征。
在 2010-2017 年期间，估计有 12842 例业余爱好飞机伤害在美国急诊部就诊。2015 年，与无人机相关的伤害发生率增加。总体而言，大多数伤害涉及平均年龄为 50 岁的男性患者。螺旋桨伤害是主要的机制。估计有 270 名患者需要住院治疗。与无人机受伤的患者比与业余爱好飞机受伤的患者年龄更小（平均 34 岁比 58 岁；p<0.001），且更有可能是女性。与无人机相关的伤害比与飞机相关的伤害更有可能是由钝器伤引起的（例如，在飞机回收过程中被撞击或坠落；40.5%比 7.9%，p<0.001）。与直升机相关的伤害比与飞机相关的伤害更类似于与无人机相关的伤害。
业余爱好飞机相关的伤害正在增加，特别是与无人机相关的伤害。需要制定有针对性的伤害预防措施和产品安全材料，以解决所有业余爱好飞机相关的伤害，特别是要特别注意无人机相关的伤害预防措施。
