Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine

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The Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM) is a non-profit education and research organization founded in 1957 by the Medical Advisory committee to the Sports Car Club of America. [1] It is the first and premier professional multidisciplinary organization dedicated entirely to the prevention and control of injuries from motor vehicle crashes.[ citation needed ]

AAAM is an international association with professionals representing more than 20 countries committed to reducing motor vehicle trauma and improving highway safety around the world. [2] Its strength lies in its membership representing medicine, engineering, biomechanics, law, education, and public policy. This combination of clinical, research and administrative backgrounds forms a unique blend of leaders in traffic injury control and it is these professionals who comprise the AAAM membership.[ citation needed ]

The AAAM has furthered the development and publishes the Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS), a widely used description system for individual injuries. The Abbreviated Injury Scale is an internationally accepted tool for assessing the injury severity of individual injuries. [3] It contains no information on injury aggregation. The AIS codebook is protected by copyright.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. ↑ "Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine". Union of International Associations. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
  2. ↑ Vasich, Tom (2023-09-25). "Dr. Federico Vaca to lead Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine". UC Irvine News. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
  3. ↑ Gennarelli, T. A.; Wodzin, E. (2006). "AIS 2005: A contemporary injury scale" . Injury. 37 (12): 1084. doi:10.1016/j.injury.2006.07.009 – via Elsevier.


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