BME 7160: Impact Biomechanics and Human Injury Tolerance

Class Schedule, Winter 2000

Tues, Thurs 5:30 - 7:20 p.m., 2220 Bioengineering Center (Seminar Room)

DAY

DATE

TOPIC

 

T

1-11

OVERVIEW OF COURSE, VIDEO

 

TH

1-13

EPIDEMIOLOGY OF INJURY,

THE ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE

 

T

1-18

OVERVIEW OF INJURY CRITERIA AND HOW THEY ARE GENERATED

 

TH

1-20

INJURY AT THE TISSUE LEVEL, EFFECT OF AGE AND delta V ON INJURY

 

T

1-25

FMVSS 208, OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEMS
Please click here for Handout

 

TH

1-27

ANATOMY AND INJURY TO THE THORAX
Please click here for Handout 1 and here for Handout 2

 

T

2-1

FMVSS 214 AND SIDE IMPACT PROTECTION
Please click here for Handout

 

TH

2-3

ABDOMINAL INJURY AND ANATOMY
Please click here for Handout

 

T

2-8

THORACO-LUMBAR SPINE INJURY TOLERANCE

 

TH

2-10

EXAM # 1 - OPEN BOOK

 

T

2-15

DISCUSS CLASS REPORTS. FACIAL INJURY, HEAD ANATOMY.

 

TH

2-17

SKULL FRACTURE STUDIES

 

T

2-22

HEAD INJURY CRITERIA: GADD SI, WSU TOLERANCE CURVE,

HIC AND OTHERS

Please click here for handout on Skull Fracture and Brain Injury

 

TH

2-24

RECENT BRAIN INJURY STUDIES, DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY (DAI)

Please click here for handout on Mechanisms of Brain Injury

 

T

2-29

NECK INJURY AND ANATOMY

 

TH

3-2

NECK INJURY MECHANISMS

 

T

3-7

BRAIN INJURY

J. MELVIN

TH

3-9

NECK INJURY TOLERANCE

HAND OUT EXAM #2

JMC

T

3-13

SPRING BREAK

 

TH

3-16

SPRING BREAK

 

T

3-21

TURN IN EXAM #2

OVERVIEW OF FRACTURE MECHANISMS

R.S. LEVINE

TH

3-23

UPPER EXTREMITY INJURIES

JMC

T

3-28

THORACO-LUMBAR SPINE INJURIES

JMC

TH

3-30

PELVIS AND HIP FRACTURES

JMC

T

4-4

KNEE INJURIES

JMC

TH

4-6

LOWER EXTREMITY INJURIES

P.BEGEMAN

T

4-11

CLASS REPORTS - ORAL

 

TH

4-13

CLASS REPORTS - ORAL

 

T

4-18

CLASS REPORTS - ORAL

 

TH

4-20

CLASS REPORTS - ORAL

 

TH

4-27

WRITTEN REPORTS DUE - NO CLASS Click here for final grade

 

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