Free-roaming cats are exposed to a variety of risks, including involvement in road traffic accidents. One way of mitigating these risks is to contain cats, for example using an electronic boundary fence system that delivers an electric 'correction' via a collar if a cat ignores a warning cue and attempts to cross the boundary. However, concerns have been expressed over the welfare impact of suc...

INTRODUCTION Accidents in the home are a major public health issue in most industrialised countries, as they are a frequent cause of injury and death. Moreover, since a considerable portion of such accidents involve elderly people, it is important to assess their social impact in this population. In Italy, the available data indicate that well over 3 million people per year suffer accidents in ...

Incidence of femoral shaft fracture was 1.33 fractures per 10,000 people in the US in 1994 [1]. The annual incidence of midshaft femur fractures, as shown by a Swedish study is approximately 10 per 100,000 person-years in 2009 [2]. The incidence peaks among the young, decreasing after age 20, and then again in the elderly. The annual Incidence in different published series has increased at 10% ...

This descriptive study was carried out on 364 housewives living in the Mehmet Ali Paşa Health Centre of İzmit, Kocaeli. A total 285 people those houses chosen by systematic sampling method reported that they had some sort domestic accident iiı recent year, burns being most frequently seen accident; 29.5 % accidents were found to have occurred children 0-4 age group, and 61.8 females. Majority s...

In this paper, we report the results of a detailed examination of the causes of 700 fatal aviation accidents that occurred worldwide between 1990 and 2006 in commercial passenger service. We look at both scheduled and nonscheduled and both domestic and international service. We also categorize the accident aircraft as large jets, regional and medium jets, small jets, turboprops, and piston powe...

BACKGROUND Domestic accidents (DA) are preventable and untoward events occurring in a house, pool or garage. Those events constitute a major issue in the context of public health. The objective of this study was to highlight the characteristics of female involvement in DA and their level of knowledge regarding first aid. METHODS Adult female relatives of patients presenting at the university-...