A scheme to quantitate the clinical neurological status of the seriously head-injured patient has been devised. The neurological parameters used to quantify the degree of injury are based on neurological functions which have previously been accepted as indicators of the severity of the head injury. A numerical value is assigned to each parameter with emphasis on defining the level of consciousn...

OBJECTIVES This paper explores factors important for return to work (RTW) in people who have sustained a serious hand injury. PARTICIPANTS Forty people aged 19-64, with a severe or major hand injury were recruited consecutively during 2005-2007. METHODS A self-administered and study specific questionnaire, including demographic data and standardised questionnaires for function, disability, ...

BACKGROUND Interest in the relationship between age and serious work injury is increasing, given the ageing of the workforce in many industrialized economies. AIMS To examine if the relationship between age and risk of serious musculoskeletal injury differs when the physical demands of work are higher from those when they are lower. METHODS A secondary analysis of workers' compensation clai...

OBJECTIVE Injury is a common initiating event for persistent pain. The presentation of injured patients to hospital represents an opportunity to identify patients at high risk of persistent pain and triage them to early intervention. Although a range of physical, psychological, and social risk factors have been implicated in the transition from acute to persistent pain, these factors have not b...

Of 128 outdoor education related deaths examined since 1960, 14 have been due to falling trees or branches. This article examines the grounds on which death or serious injury due to falling trees or branches can be regarded as an inherent risk in outdoor education, and the extent to which such incidents can be regarded as preventible. It compares alternative approaches to prevention, and draws ...

BACKGROUND A 55 year old man sustained a severe ocular injury when hit by a cricket ball even though he was wearing a helmet. METHODS A suprachoroidal haemorrhage was drained and dense intravitreal blood was removed. An inferior buckle was applied with the use of intraocular gas. A macular haemorrhage resolved slowly. RESULTS Despite several surgical procedures over 1.5 years, the final vis...

BACKGROUND Inpatient falls are common and result in significant patient morbidity. OBJECTIVE To identify predictors of serious injury being found on imaging studies of inpatients evaluated after a fall. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING : An 1171-bed urban academic medical center. PATIENTS All inpatients who fell on thirteen medical and surgical units from January 1 to December 31, 20...

The medical records and computed tomography (CT) scans of all children less than 1 year of age admitted to the hospital with head injury over a 2-year period were reviewed. Sixty-four percent of all head injuries, excluding uncomplicated skull fracture, and 95% of serious intracranial injuries were the result of child abuse. The occurrence of intracranial injury in infants, in the absence of a ...

This paper presents an estimate of the probability of serious occupant injury in frontal crashes based on vehicle kinematics information. Occupant injury risk is developed by modeling the human as a point mass and computing the occupant impact velocity (OIV) using the flail space model. Event Data Recorder data provide vehicle kinematics information for real world crashes with known injury outc...

OBJECTIVE To determine if infants hospitalized for any reason before 90 days of age are at increased risk for future serious injury. SETTING Washington State. METHODS A population based retrospective cohort study, using data from Washington State birth and death certificates linked to a statewide hospital discharge database for the years 1989 through 1997. Participants included healthy full...