Hollands C M, Winston F K, Stafford P W, Shochat S J
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
J Trauma. 1996 Nov;41(5):920-2. doi: 10.1097/00005373-199611000-00033.
Passenger-side airbags are present in over 21 million automobiles and will be required on all passenger vehicles by the model year 1999. Although airbags are effective supplemental restraint systems and have saved over 1,500 lives, airbag-related injuries have been reported. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently reported 15 child deaths caused by airbag deployment. All of these children were believed to be improperly restrained in the front passenger position of a car equipped with a passenger-side airbag. This case represents the first serious injury caused by airbag deployment in a child that was properly positioned in an approved child restraint.
超过2100万辆汽车配备了乘客侧安全气囊，到1999年车型年时，所有乘用车都将要求配备。尽管安全气囊是有效的辅助约束系统，已经挽救了超过1500人的生命，但与安全气囊相关的伤害仍有报告。国家公路交通安全管理局最近报告了15起因安全气囊展开导致的儿童死亡事件。所有这些儿童据信在配备乘客侧安全气囊的汽车前排乘客座位上未得到妥善约束。此案例代表了第一起因安全气囊展开而导致一名正确使用经批准儿童约束装置的儿童受到严重伤害的事件。
