Less than 10% of patients who went to the hospital following an e-scooter fall or accident wore a helmet, according to a recent research, reports The Mirror.
According to research conducted by physicians at Dublin’s Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown, injuries sustained in automobile accidents are a major and increasing factor in the number of patients who visit hospital emergency rooms.
Since the cost of owning and operating a car is skyrocketing, cars are increasingly being used as a major mode of transportation, according to author Aoife O’Halloran, an orthopaedic surgery registrar at CHB.
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She added: “Unfortunately, as e-scooter use continues to surge, so does the resulting trauma. Legislation must consider including mandatory helmet use amongst all e-scooter users. Addressing safety concerns regarding e-scooters and the ability to rent the vehicles should be reviewed before resulting morbidity and mortality continue to rise,” reports The Mirror.
According to the survey, since 2020, the number of persons seeking medical care for accidents sustained while riding an e-scooter has nearly quadrupled. It was discovered that between June 2019 and July 2020, 22 people who had experienced trauma from an e-scooter incident had visited CHB’s emergency room.
Over a comparable 13-month period ending in July 2024, however, the number of hospital admissions for the same kind of injury had increased to 76, reports The Mirror.
According to the most recent data, just 8% of patients who had an e-scooter-related injury were wearing a helmet at the time of the incident, compared to 40% in the earlier survey.
Additionally, they demonstrated that 24% of patients needed to be admitted to the hospital, with an average stay of 4.2 days, reports The Mirror.
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