The occupant impact velocity (OIV) and acceleration severity index (ASI) are competing measures of crash severity used to assess occupant injury risk in full-scale crash tests involving roadside safety hardware, e.g. guardrail. Delta-V, or the maximum change in vehicle velocity, is the traditional metric of crash severity for real world crashes. This study compares the ability of the OIV, ASI, ...

The aim of this case report was to highlight the application of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in elucidating serious and occult injuries in a single case of hyperflextion injury of a patient cervical spine (C-Spine). A chart and radiology review was performed to establish the sequence of care and how the results of imaging studies influenced the clinical management in this trauma case. Plain...

OBJECTIVES To identify individual and household characteristics associated with serious falls, poisonings, burns and road traffic injuries (RTIs) for children in Lima, Peru. METHODS 5061 households consisting of 10,210 children were included in this community based, cross-sectional study in San Juan de Miraflores (SJM), a low income, urban district of Lima, Peru. Households were eligible if t...

#1student, #2professor & The first clinical medical college Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China Abstract: To build closed traumatic brain injury models in varying degrees with high accuracy, repeatability as well as easy operation, We use lateral fluid percussion method to simulate the rats’ three types of closed traumatic brain injury models in slight, moderate and serious degrees after...

BACKGROUND The rate of early sport specialization in professional baseball players is unknown. PURPOSE To report the incidence and age of sport specialization in current professional baseball players and the impact of early specialization on the frequency of serious injuries sustained during the players' careers. We also queried participants about when serious injuries occurred, the players' ...

Duodeno-jejunal flexure injury is well recognised in blunt abdominal trauma generally. It is usually caused by compression of the relatively fixed bowel against the spine producing a shearing force which tears the bowel.1 Non-accidental injury is a rare cause of duodeno-jejunal flexure injury in childhood, but serious complications can ensue if there is a delay in diagnosis, which unfortunately...

Degloving injury is a serious trauma of the fingers. It difficult to establish an adequate extent debridement at time initial surgery. Therefore, additional surgery for necrotic areas related circulatory failure required in many cases. In this study, we performed replantation degloving 3 fingers 2 patients, and obtained findings regarding nailbed on Considering hemodynamics, when performing inj...

Background Inpatient falls and subsequent injuries are among the most common hospital-acquired conditions with few effective prevention methods. Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of patient education videos and fall prevention visual signalling icons when added to bed exit alarms in improving acutely hospitalised medical-surgical inpatient fall and injury rates. Design Performance imp...

Physical activity (PA) is beneficial, enhancing healthy development. However, it estimated that one third of school-age children practicing sport regularly suffer from a serious injury. Maturation can make young athletes more vulnerable to sports injuries and increased knowledge about injury with specific PA exposure data important an overall risk management strategy. The aim this study was det...

This article aims to evaluate the use of lean manufacturing practices, according to SAE J4000, in a supply chain of the pharmaceutical industry. The data were collected in four companies: a manufacturer, a distributor and two suppliers. The results show companies are aligned in only one of the six elements of the standard.