BACKGROUND Identifying and understanding injury risk factors are necessary to develop and target measures to prevent injuries. Because youth teams rarely have health care professionals working directly with the team, identifying players at increased risk through elaborate clinical tests is not feasible. Questionnaires may be a possible alternative as screening instruments. PURPOSE To examine ...

CONTEXT Laws requiring mandatory reporting of domestic violence to police exist in 4 states. Controversy exists about the risks and benefits of such laws. OBJECTIVE To examine attitudes of female emergency department patients toward mandatory reporting of domestic violence injuries to police and how these attitudes may differ by abuse status. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Cross-sectiona...

Although under-reporting of work-related injuries by workers is recognized as a significant problem in construction and other industries, little is known about the specific reasons for such occurrences. Qualitative and quantitative methods were used in this study to (a) identify reasons why construction workers may choose not to report work-related injuries, and (b) to investigate the frequency...

background pain management with the use of sedatives and analgesics has several advantages and few complications or side effects. objectives in this study, we planned to evaluate the effects of pain control on oxygen saturation independent of other factors, such previous cardio-pulmonary conditions or respiratory rate. patients and methods sixty-seven adult patients with direct trauma to extrem...

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of Traumatic Dental Injuries (TDI) in children who attended the Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, SRM Dental College, Chennai between the years 2013-2016 and to analyze the factors associated with it. Materials and Methods: A retrospective study was carried out to retrieve data about the prevalence, gender, age,...

Protective gear (for example, helmets and bulletproof vests) shields certain body regions from damaging energy. Failure to specify on death certificates the body region and nature of fatal injuries compromises the utility of mortality data for epidemiologic or prevention research. Of fatally injured California motorcyclists, 41% had no specific injuries listed on their death certificates in 198...

The tasks performed by police officers are unique, varied and can be in unexpected situations. Initial college training is used to prepare new conduct these known a time when trainees at an elevated risk of injury. aim this study was profile injuries occurring within national Police Force during initial inform injury prevention strategies. Using retrospective cohort design, point-of-care data i...

BACKGROUND Efforts to control agricultural injuries have been underway for years. Yet, very little is known about their trends over time. We examined trends in non-fatal agricultural injuries through analyzing injuries reported in a state trauma registry. METHODS Using Iowa Trauma Registry data collected by the Iowa Department of Public Health, we examined trends in non-fatal agricultural inj...

BACKGROUND Injury is the leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in Canada. The "ice berg" effect in injuries was proposed to address the injury statistics that are often poorly documented. The aim of this investigation was to quantify the severity and magnitude of iceberg effect in Ontario, Canada. METHODS Data from Vital Statistics (1999, mortality), Canadian Institute for Heal...