We examine the value of incorporating regulatory information into the court liability decision and making it publicly available, when the causality of harm is uncertain. Public access to regulatory information, coupled with its use in a liability decision, not only improves the accuracy of court adjudication but also guides victims to more informed decisions about their lawsuits, when victims' ...

OBJECTIVE To estimate frequency of alcohol consumption among victims of external causes cared for in a hospital. METHODS Study performed with victims cared for in a university general hospital in the city of Uberlândia (Southeastern Brazil), between February and August 2004. Blood alcohol content was determined from 85 patients in the emergency room. Other 301 patients, hospitalized in the ou...

The burden on accident and emergency (A&E) departments of dealing with the aftermath of violence has increased substantially in the last 10 years. Both the underlying causes and the effects on the injured are multifaceted. It is important that clinicians who treat the injured know which interventions, like early family support and preschool education, are effective in preventing violence. It is...

Introduction USAID's (United States Agency for International Development) War Victims' Fund was established in 1989. Since that time AID has provided a modest amount of funds each year to respond to the needs of people injured by war and civil strife in developing countries around the world. Recently, this has amounted to approximately five million dollars per year. As the needs in any single c...

OBJECTIVE to assess the value of computed tomography in the diagnosis of cervical spine and spinal cord injuries in victims of blunt trauma. METHODS we reviewed the charts of blunt trauma victims from January 2006 to December 2008. We analyzed the following data: epidemiology, mechanism of trauma, transportation of victims to the hospital, intra-hospital care, indication criteria for CT, diag...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the process of transport and immediate Emergency Department (ER) management of mass casualties following the recent bomb blasts in Karachi and review in detail the medical response and management of victims undertaken in these two incidents. METHODS Eyewitness accounts of the victims, medical personnel and newspaper clippings were used to understand and identify difficul...