Risk reduction after bicycle, scooter, and skateboard-related head injuries through helmet use and brain injury education: A trauma center quality improvement initiative
Costs of one head injury ED admission may exceed $6000, compared with $60 for one helmet. In-person provision of helmets, education, and resources is an adoptable, cost-effective intervention for improving safety awareness and reducing reinjury risk. Next steps include expanding QII implementation and refining evaluation metrics.
Authors
- K. Park
- Maria Velasco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1811-2231)
- Leila L. Etemad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7047-6587)
- Lawrence Chyall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1684-5064)
- Gabriela Satris
- Diego Martell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8839-1864)
- Cathra Halabi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0331-8183)
- Joye Tracey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7902-1634)
- Anthony M. DiGiorgio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-691X)
- Mahmoud Elguindy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9151-1751)
- Sara Cole (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8819-8721)
- Tuan Tran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2565-2887)
- John K. Yue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9694-7722)
- Allen Ye Fu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9046-6581)
- Christine J. Gotthardt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9251-2005)
- Michael C. Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3101-6745)
- Geoffrey T. Manley
- Bukre C Coskun
- Phiroz E Tarapore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2471-1391)
Institutions
- San Francisco General Hospital (US)
- San Francisco VA Medical Center (US)
- Lee University (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Medical College of Wisconsin (US)
- Neurological Surgery (US)
- New York University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Brain and Spine
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bas.2025.105858
- Primary Topic
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00