Even if speed bumps slow a trauma patient’s delivery to a hospital in an emergency vehicle, the delay would not significantly affect mortality, according to a study involving UB’s Department of Emergency Medicine.
An advocate of higher highway speed limits cites a UB emergency medicine study that found a 28 percent decrease in absolute traffic mortalities after the speed limit was raised on the New York State Thruway.
A study of crash data by Dietrich Jehle, MD, professor of emergency medicine, shows that a cyclist’s use of bikes lanes doesn’t reduce the severity of injuries in bike-car collisions.
A study led by Dietrich V. Jehle, MD, of the Department of Emergency Medicine, shows that in a head-on collision between a passenger car and a sport utility vehicle, the driver of the latter is more likely to survive.
In head-on collisions between a car and sport utility vehicle, the car’s driver is far more likely to die, according to new research by Dietrich Jehle, MD.
A news story about a man reported dead in Jamestown Police custody references a 2009 study about the Taser’s effects on heart rhythms. The study was authored by a group that includes Ronald M. Moscati, MD, clinical associate professor of emergency medicine.
Obese people are more likely to die in crashes, and not wearing a seatbelt incurs a higher chance of death, says Dietrich Jehle, MD, professor of emergency medicine.