Roadway Incident Operations: What Is the Right Helmet for the Job?

摘要

THE IMPETUS FOR THIS ARTICLE WAS the deaths and injuries of members of my department while working an emergency on a roadway last January and the questions that have haunted me ever since: "If they were wearing helmets constructed according to standards designed to protect their heads against the impacts they experienced, would the results have been different? Would the head injuries have been less serious?"