The use of active safety devices that can detect cyclists is considered an effective countermeasure for the reduction of the severity of injuries and number of deaths of cyclists. The detailed features of car–cyclist contact scenarios need to be clarified to develop such safety devices. Because there is limited information on real-world accidents, the present study investigates near-miss scenar...

T HIS image was obtained during a direct laryngoscopy of a 4-yr-old boy. He experienced a choking episode after a witnessed aspiration of a sunflower seed. The seed is lodged at the level of the cricoid. On arrival in the emergency department, the patient was alert with an oxygen saturation of 96%, tachypneic with inspiratory stridor, nasal flaring, subcostal retractions, and accessory muscle u...

This article discusses the management process of operational risk in financial institutions. The authors summarize the difficulties associated with the applicability of traditional risk management means to operational risk and introduce the Near-Miss management concept as a potential tool for the banking industry. INTRODUCTION Over the last decades, both the banking industry and regulatory bodi...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the impact of life-threatening obstetric complications ('near miss') on women's mental health in low- and middle-income countries. AIMS To examine the relationships between near miss and postpartum psychological distress in the Republic of Benin. METHOD One-year prospective cohort using epidemiological and ethnographic techniques in a population of women del...

BACKGROUND Maternal near misses are increasingly used to study quality of obstetric care. Inclusion criteria for the identification of near misses are diverse and studies not comparable. WHO developed universal near miss inclusion criteria in 2009 and these criteria have been validated in Brazil and Canada. OBJECTIVES To validate and refine the WHO near miss criteria in a low-resource setting...