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Abstract

Because of your leadership in the field of acute care surgery, you are asked to address a group of bicycle enthusiasts who support motorcycle helmets but feel that such a requirement should not be applied to the leisure bicyclist. Which of the following is accurate and should be the theme of your message with respect to use of bicycle helmets?

  1. (A)

    The helmets can often be obtained at no cost

  2. (B)

    There is no difference between the two regarding morbidity and mortality

  3. (C)

    The helmet requirement should not be a legislated requirement but an individual’s choice

  4. (D)

    Helmet use has resulted in significant reduction of bicycle-related head injuries

  5. (E)

    A task force should be established to investigate the efficacy of helmet protection with cycling

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA, USA

    M. Margaret Knudson MD

  2. San Francisco Injury Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Larisa S. Speetzen BA

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  1. Department of Surgery, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA

    L. D. Britt MD, MPH (Brickhouse Professor of Surgery and Chairman) (Brickhouse Professor of Surgery and Chairman)

  2. Department of Surgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR, USA

    Donald D. Trunkey MD (Professor) (Professor)

  3. Emory University School of Medicine, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, GA, USA

    David V. Feliciano MD (Professor of Surgery, Chief of Surgery) (Professor of Surgery, Chief of Surgery)

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Knudson, M.M., Speetzen, L.S. (2007). Principles of Injury Prevention and Control. In: Britt, L.D., Trunkey, D.D., Feliciano, D.V. (eds) Acute Care Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-69012-4_17

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