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Article Name :
THE IMPORTANCE USE OF HELMET FOR THE PREVENTION OF HEAD TRAUMA (A importância do uso do capacete para a prevenção de traumatismo craniano)
Author Name :
Joareis Fernandes de Azevedo
Publisher :
Ashok Yakkaldevi
Article Series No. :
ROR-1803
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Abstract :
This study aimed to evaluate the importance of use of helmet for prevention of head trauma. It is a bibliographic research in technical books and scientific articles pub-lished and made available in magazine circulation online indexed over the past 10 years as Bireme, Scielo, Medline, Portal Capes. Using together the terms: "helmet", "prevention", "head trauma". With the result of this work, it was possible to conclude that the motorcyclists and motorcycle couriers are a professional category with great vulnerability with respect to traffic accidents, as it is activity that most of the times requires a fast scroll. Their behaviors are defined from a culture common misconception that the use of mandatory equipment on roads, it is only to avoid the traffic fines. Considering the results obtained in this research, it became apparent that must intensify the actions related to educational campaigns in transit involving their own motorcyclists and motorcycle couriers.
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