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To evaluate injury patterns, clinical outcomes, and safety behavior among patients presenting to emergency departments following electric-scooter accidents.

May 22, 2020Journal of Clinical MedicineOpen Access

Characteristics and Injury Patterns in Electric-Scooter Related Accidents—A Prospective Two-Center Report from Germany

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PSPhilipp StörmannGoethe University Frankfurt AKAlexander KlugUniversity of South Florida CNChristoph NauGoethe University Frankfurt

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Retrospective study reports high fracture rates and minimal helmet use in electric-scooter riders, highlighting emerging burdens on emergency care.

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To evaluate injury patterns, clinical outcomes, and safety behavior among patients presenting to emergency departments following electric-scooter accidents.
Retrospective two-center study conducted in emergency departments in Germany following the mid-June 2019 introduction of rental E-scooters.
Analyzed clinical presentations, demographics, injury locations, and interventions in N=76 patients.
Fractures occurred in 48.6% of patients, with 27.6% requiring surgical intervention and 26.3% requiring in-hospital admission.
The upper extremities were the most commonly injured body region, followed by the lower extremities and the head/face.
Only one patient wore a helmet, and presentations occurred predominantly on weekends and during on-call periods, with 42.1% arriving by ambulance.

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Störmann et al. (2020) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6fdd67e36a167817e196d7 https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9051569

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Retrospective study reports high fracture rates and minimal helmet use in electric-scooter riders, highlighting emerging burdens on emergency care.

Characteristics and Injury Patterns in Electric-Scooter Related Accidents—A Prospective Two-Center Report from Germany

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Characteristics and Injury Patterns in Electric-Scooter Related Accidents—A Prospective Two-Center Report from Germany

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