Fatal Injuries in Finnish Agriculture, 1988–2000

2003 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 319-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Rissanen ◽  
K. Taattola
Keyword(s):  
Fatal Injuries

ECONOMIC BUDERN AND TREATMENT COST OF FALLS, BURNS, AND TRAFFIC INJURIES IN CHILDREN

2017 ◽  
pp. 100-106
Author(s):  
Thuan Huynh ◽  
Minh Tam Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Cost ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Pediatric Hospital ◽  
Child Injury ◽  
Total Treatment Cost ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Cost Treatment ◽  
Significant Burden ◽  
Total Treatment ◽  
Fatal Injuries

Introduction: Child injury is a significant burden for community health care in Vietnam. Besides the fatal injuries, millions of children need hospital care for non-fatal injuries. Investigation on treatment cost and economic burden of the most common non-fatal injuries such as falls, burns, and traffic injuries is very necessary. Objectives: (1) Describe the patterns of falls, burns, and traffic injuries among children admitted with injuries to the Quang Nam Pediatric Hospital; (2) Analyze the treatment cost for falls, burns, and traffic injuries of these patients. Methods: A cross-sectional study on 424 pediatric patients under 16 year old admitted with falls, burns, and traffic injuries to the Quang Nam Pediatric Hospital from 01/6/2014 to 31/3/2015. Results: Most of participants admitted to the hospital for falls (66%), traffic injuries (22,4%). Mild injuries was dominated, burns and traffic injuries were more serious in almost cases and the average of PTS index was 9.4 points. Average total treatment cost was 1,259,200 VN dong, direct cost accounted for 68.4% of total treatment cost. Treatment costs of burns and traffic injuries were higher than that of falls. Key words: burden of disease, treatment cost, injury, children

Alcohol and Fatal Injuries: Temporal Patterns

1989 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 296-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne M. Smith ◽  
Richard A. Goodman ◽  
Stephen B. Thacker ◽  
Anthony H. Burton ◽  
John E. Parsons ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Patterns ◽  
Fatal Injuries

Terrorism-Related Chemical, Biological, Radiation, and Nuclear Attacks: A Historical Global Comparison Influencing the Emergence of Counter-Terrorism Medicine

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Derrick Tin ◽  
Fredrik Granholm ◽  
Alexander Hart ◽  
Gregory R. Ciottone
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Disaster Medicine ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
Fecal Matter ◽  
Counter Terrorism ◽  
Global Comparison ◽  
State Terrorism ◽  
Fatal Injuries

Abstract Background: Terrorist attacks are growing in complexity, increasing concerns around the use of chemical, biological, radiation, and nuclear (CBRN) agents. This has led to increasing interest in Counter-Terrorism Medicine (CTM) as a Disaster Medicine (DM) sub-specialty. This study aims to provide the epidemiology of CBRN use in terrorism, to detail specific agents used, and to develop training programs for responders. Methods: The open-source Global Terrorism Database (GTD) was searched for all CBRN attacks from January 1, 1970 through December 31, 2018. Attacks were included if they fulfilled the terrorism-related criteria as set by the GTD’s Codebook. Ambiguous events or those meeting only partial criteria were excluded. The database does not include acts of state terrorism. Results: There were 390 total CBRN incidents, causing 930 total fatal injuries (FI) and 14,167 total non-fatal injuries (NFI). A total of 347 chemical attacks (88.9% of total) caused 921 FI (99.0%) and 13,361 NFI (94.3%). Thirty-one biological attacks (8.0%) caused nine FI (1.0%) and 806 NFI (5.7%). Twelve radiation attacks (3.1%) caused zero FI and zero NFI. There were no nuclear attacks. The use of CBRN accounted for less than 0.3% of all terrorist attacks and is a high-risk, low-frequency attack methodology. The Taliban was implicated in 40 of the 347 chemical events, utilizing a mixture of agents including unconfirmed chemical gases (grey literature suggests white phosphorous and chlorine), contaminating water sources with pesticides, and the use of corrosive acid. The Sarin gas attack in Tokyo contributed to 5,500 NFI. Biological attacks accounted for 8.0% of CBRN attacks. Anthrax was used or suspected in 20 of the 31 events, followed by salmonella (5), ricin (3), fecal matter (1), botulinum toxin (1), and HIV (1). Radiation attacks accounted for 3.1% of CBRN attacks. Monazite was used in 10 of the 12 events, followed by iodine 131 (1) and undetermined irradiated plates (1). Conclusion: Currently, CBRN are low-frequency, high-impact attack modalities and remain a concern given the rising rate of terrorist events. Counter-Terrorism Medicine is a developing DM sub-specialty focusing on the mitigation of health care risks from such events. First responders and health care workers should be aware of historic use of CBRN weapons regionally and globally, and should train and prepare to respond appropriately.

Severe to Fatal Injuries to Lap-Shoulder Belted Car Occupants

1977 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. F. Huelke ◽  
H. W. Sherman ◽  
M. J. Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Fatal Injuries

scholarly journals New methods of investigation of the external base of skull at fatal injuries inpassenger compartment

2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 91-94
Author(s):  
A. B. Shadymov ◽  
A. S. Novosyolov
Keyword(s):  
Soft Tissues ◽  
New Method ◽  
Motor Vehicles ◽  
Skull Fractures ◽  
Passenger Compartment ◽  
Mechanism Of Formation ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Base Of Skull ◽  
Facial Soft Tissues ◽  
Fatal Injuries

Basal skull fractures are frequent and cause certain difficulties in detection of the mechanism of their formation. Common dissecting methods do not allow detailed study of the external base of skull and deform facial soft tissues. A new method is developed, which allows determining the mechanism of formation of constructional fractures of the basal skull and pterygoid processes at various injuries, in particular, inside a passenger compartment at headon collision of motor vehicles. The method is registered as an invention.

scholarly journals The burden of injury in Brazil, 2003

2006 ◽  
Vol 124 (4) ◽  
pp. 208-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vilma Pinheiro Gawryszewski ◽  
Eugênia Maria Silveira Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
Population Based ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
National Data ◽  
Young Males ◽  
Intentional Injuries ◽  
Injury Mortality ◽  
Unintentional Falls ◽  
Nonfatal Injuries ◽  
Nonfatal Injury ◽  
Fatal Injuries

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Since 1980, injuries have been the second biggest cause of death among the Brazilian population. This study aimed to analyze national data on fatal injuries and nonfatal injury hospitalization in Brazil, for 2003. DESIGN AND SETTING: This was a population-based descriptive study, Brazil, 2003. METHODS: Data from 126,520 fatal injuries and 733,712 nonfatal injuries seen at public hospitals were analyzed. The data were stratified by sex, age, intent and injury mechanism. Raw and age- and sex-specific rates were calculated per 100,000 individuals. RESULTS: The raw injury mortality rate was 71.5/100,000 (122.6/100,000 for male and 22.0/100,000 for female). For fatal injuries, the proportions of unintentional and intentional injuries were equal (44.3% and 46.9%, respectively). Homicides were the leading cause, 40.3% overall (28.8/100,000), followed by transport-related deaths, 26.2% overall (17.0/100,000). For nonfatal injuries, the rate was 414.8/100,000 and unintentional injuries were predominant (88.9%). Overall, the leading cause was unintentional falls, accounting for 42.6% of victims treated in public hospitals (176.8/100,000). Transport-related injuries were second: 15.0% overall; 62.0/100,000. Fractures comprised 46.7% of principal diagnoses at hospitals. The injury types in the fatal and nonfatal datasets varied according to sex and age. The highest rates were found among young males and elderly people. CONCLUSIONS: Injury prevention activities need to be developed. To prevent deaths, homicide has to be addressed. Among hospitalized cases, falls are the most important problem. Traffic-related injuries play an important role in morbidity and mortality.

scholarly journals Epidemiology of Fatal Injuries reported in the mortuary of a tertiary care hospital

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 633
Author(s):  
Subrat Kumar Pradhan ◽  
Himansu Prasad Acharya ◽  
Rudra Prasanna Mishra ◽  
Jay Kumar Panda ◽  
Durga Madhab Satapathy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Microsoft Excel ◽  
Mortality And Morbidity ◽  
Fatal Injuries

Background: Injuries are an increasingly recognized global, preventable public health problem and are an important cause of mortality and morbidity in adult population. The major causes of injury related deaths may be intentional and unintentional. The major unintentional or “accidental” causes are road traffic accidents (RTAs), falls and drowning whereas the leading intentional causes are suicide and homicide. A robust Surveillance System for Injury Mortality is almost non-existent in our country due to which the data for the same is not available and haphazard. Keeping these factors in mind, the following study was under taken to identify the various epidemiological factors related to fatal injury cases.Methods: A record based retrospective study was conducted in the Department of Community Medicine, VSSIMAR, Burla, Odisha. The data were collected from the autopsy reports preserved at the Dept of FM & T, VSSIMSAR. Variables like age, sex, number of injury cause of death, place of death etc. were collected. Data were entered in Microsoft Excel and analysed using proportions and percentages.Results: The age group 25-44 years recorded the maximum number of deaths (37.49%). Males suffered the highest casualty accounting for 61.85% of deaths. Unintentional fatal injuries constituted 63.58% of deaths. The most number of fatal injuries resulting in deaths were RTAs (36.41%).Conclusions: The age group 25-44 years recorded maximum deaths. Males were the major death victims. RTAs constituted maximum of deaths among unintentional fatal injuries. Homicidal injuries constituted maximum of deaths due to intentional fatal injuries.

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