Less head trauma means more conscious passengers, which is also critical for quick evacuation.
Not exact matches
The softer impact means
less trauma to the
head, and the theory is that this will reduce the likelihood of brain injuries or concussions.
Brain
trauma among football players (and athletes in other sports such as soccer and ice hockey) may be
less the result of violent collisions that cause concussions as the cumulative effect of repetitive
head impacts (RHI).
Crash tests showed that dummies weighing
less than 40 pounds were likely to be ejected, and that babies had greater
trauma to their upper body, abdomen, and
head.
The study showed that 13
trauma patients who had hit their
heads and had CT scans showing new brain damage, as well as 39
trauma patients who had hit their
heads and had normal CT scans, had significantly
less ability to coordinate their eye movements than normal, uninjured control subjects.
When a
head trauma causes a loss of consciousness or confusion and disorientation for
less than 30 minutes, the condition is classified as a mild traumatic brain injury.