Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. The Role of Occupant Protection Safety Restraints in the Prevention of Neurotrauma
Manjul Tripathi and Soumyata Tripathi (Department of Neurosurgery, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India, and others)
Chapter 2. Examining the Perceptual Consequences of Traffic Complexity for Vulnerable Road Users
Thomas Sanocki and Cassandra Cosgrove (Department of Psychology,University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, US)
Chapter 3. The Use of Seat Belts for Reducing the Number of Road Traffic Deaths
Grace O. Korter, PhD (Department of Mathematics/Statistics, Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State, Nigeria)
Chapter 4. Road Traffic Safety: A Manual of Safety Measures
Raj Kumar, Jayesh Sardhara, and Amit Kumar Singh (Department of Neurosurgery, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute Of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Chapter 5. Road Traffic and Safety: Risk Factors and Recommendations
Professor S. A. Tabish (Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar)
Chapter 6. An Overview of Determinants of Road Traffic Accidents
Prof. Dr. Shankar Acharya, Dr. Nitin Adsul, Dr. Anita S Acharya (Consultant Orthopaedic& Spine Surgeon, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi, and others)
Chapter 7. Road Safety in Hilly Terrain
Shashivadhanan Sundaravadhanan, Madakasira Sitaram Sridhar Shastry, Saurabh Kumar Vermay, and Chinmay Srivastav (Department of Neurosurgery, Army Hospital Research & Referral, Delhi, India)
Chapter 8. Road Safety in Conflict Zones
Air Cmde M. S. Sridhar, Col S. K. Verma, Col Shashivadanan, Lt Col Chinmaya Srivastava (Department of Neurosurgery, Army Hospital R&R, New Delhi)
Chapter 9. Head Injury: Prevention and Management
Sarvpreet Singh Grewal and Shivender Sobti (Department of Neurosurgery, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Brown Road, Ludhiana, Punjab, India)
Chapter 10. Physicians’ Perspectives on Road Traffic Safety
Udit R. Narang, MD and Bimal K. Agrawal, MD (Department of Medicine, Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana, Amblala, India)
Chapter 11. Bicycle-Related Injuries: Prevention and Challenges in Latin America
Joulen Mo-Carrascal MD, Johana Maraby, MD, and Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar, MD (Physician, Universidad de Cartagena, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, and others)
Chapter 12. Pre-Hospital Care in Traumatic Brain Injury
Dr V. D. Sinha and Dr Ugan Singh (Dept of Neurosurgery, S M S Medical College, Jaipur-Rajasthan, India)
Chapter 13. Road Traffic and Safety: A Qualitative Study on Experiences and Expectations of Persons with Paraplegia in India
Nalina Gupta and Kavitha Raja, PhD (Scholar, School of Physiotherapy, R K University, Rajkot, Gujarat, and others)
Chapter 14. Quantifying the Burden of Road Traffic Accidents
Dr. Raghavendra, Dr. Sudhindra Vooturi, and Dr. Manas Panigrahi (Department of Neurosurgery, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Secunderabad, Telangana, and others)
Chapter 15. Road Traffic Injuries in India: A Systematic Review of the Current Research Scenario
Ravi Dadlani, DNB (Neurosurgery), Master of Advanced Surgery (Neurosurgery),Department of Neurosurgery, Apollo Specialty Hospitals, Nellore, India)
Index