Injury Patterns and Wilderness Medical Preparedness in BASE Jumping

Purpose this study aims to show the patterns and outcome of pediatric injury among those living in Albaha region in Saudi Arabia Methods this is a cross-sectional descriptive household-based study, included children between 0-17 years old both male and female. The data were collected with structured questionnaire between 20 Nov – 20 Dec 2018 and analyzed with SPSS version 25 Results the total of participants was 257 injured child. 199(77.4%) are male and 58(22.6%) are female. About 44%of them were injured at pre-school level and 56% were traumatized at school age. The least incidence of injury occurred in those less than 2 yrs and higher incidence in those between 3-10 yrs old. The most common mechanism of injury was falling from height. The most affected group age by RTA accidents was 11-17 yrs old. Approximately 83% of the injured children required hospital management. Only one third of the injuries were associated complications. The most common injured anatomic part was the upper limb and the least affected part was the spine. Only 5% of the injuries were associated with a disability and the common was loss of organ or part of it. Paralysis occurred in less than 1% and head injury resulted in disabilities more than 1%. Conclusion the vast majority of the injuries in our participants are not serious. The severe injuries were associated with RTA-related trauma. Most of injuries due to falling from height are not serious. We recommend not to allow the children to drive cars. Keywords: pediatric injuries; injury patterns; household.

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Cervical Spine Injury Patterns in Children

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.2013-3505d ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 133 (5) ◽

pp. X18-X18

Keyword(s):

Cervical Spine ◽

Cervical Spine Injury ◽

Spine Injury ◽

Injury Patterns

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COVID-19 Changed the Injury Patterns of Hospitalized Patients

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine ◽

10.1017/s1049023x21000285 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 36 (3) ◽

pp. 251-259

Author(s):

Michael Rozenfeld ◽

Kobi Peleg ◽

Adi Givon ◽

Miklosh Bala ◽

Gad Shaked ◽

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Keyword(s):

Trauma Registry ◽

Road Traffic ◽

Disease Outbreaks ◽

Injury Patterns ◽

Severe Injuries ◽

Study Objective ◽

Major Health ◽

National Trauma ◽

Number Of Patients ◽

Injured Patients

AbstractIntroduction:Injury patterns are closely related to changes in behavior. Pandemics and measures undertaken against them may cause changes in behavior; therefore, changes in injury patterns during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak can be expected when compared to the parallel period in previous years.Study Objective:The aim of this study was to compare injury-related hospitalization patterns during the overall national lockdown period with parallel periods of previous years.Methods:A retrospective study was completed of all patients hospitalized from March 15 through April 30, for years 2016-2020. Data were obtained from 21 hospitals included in the national trauma registry during the study years. Clinical, demographic, and circumstantial parameters were compared amongst the years of the study.Results:The overall volume of injured patients significantly decreased during the lockdown period of the COVID-19 outbreak, with the greatest decrease registered for road traffic collisions (RTCs). Patients’ sex and ethnic compositions did not change, but a smaller proportion of children were hospitalized during the outbreak. Many more injuries were sustained at home during the outbreak, with proportions of injuries in all other localities significantly decreased. Injuries sustained during the COVID-19 outbreak were more severe, specifically due to an increase in severe injuries in RTCs and falls. The proportion of intensive care unit (ICU) hospitalizations did not change, however more surgeries were performed; patients stayed less days in hospital.Conclusions:The lockdown period of the COVID-19 outbreak led to a significant decrease in number of patients hospitalized due to trauma as compared to parallel periods of previous years. Nevertheless, trauma remains a major health care concern even during periods of high-impact disease outbreaks, in particular due to increased proportion of severe injuries and surgeries.

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Erratum to: Female and male victims of violence in an urban emergency room—prevalence, sociodemographic characteristics, alcohol intake, and injury patterns

Wiener klinische Wochenschrift ◽

10.1007/s00508-013-0383-6 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 125 (11-12) ◽

pp. 352-352 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Nathalie Tatjana Burkert ◽

Éva Rásky ◽

Wolfgang Freidl ◽

Franziska Großschädl ◽

Johanna Muckenhuber ◽

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Keyword(s):

Emergency Room ◽

Alcohol Intake ◽

Sociodemographic Characteristics ◽

Male Victims ◽

Injury Patterns ◽

Victims Of Violence

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Soft Jumping Robot Using Soft Morphing and the Yield Point of Magnetic Force

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app11135891 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (13) ◽

pp. 5891

Author(s):

Gang-Hyun Jeon ◽

Yong-Jai Park

Keyword(s):

Residual Stress ◽

Polymer Materials ◽

Rigid Base ◽

Release Mechanism ◽

Transfer Energy ◽

Deformation Control ◽

Energy Retention ◽

Base Jumping ◽

Jumping Robot ◽

Soft Polymer

In this paper, soft-morphing, deformation control by fabric structures and soft-jumping mechanisms using magnetic yield points are studied. The durability and adaptability of existing rigid-base jumping mechanisms are improved by a soft-morphing process that employs the residual stress of a polymer. Although rigid body-based jumping mechanisms are used, they are driven by multiple components and complex structures. Therefore, they have drawbacks in terms of shock durability and fatigue accumulation. To improve these problems, soft-jumping mechanisms are designed using soft polymer materials and soft-morphing techniques with excellent shock resistance and environmental adaptability. To this end, a soft jumping mechanism is designed to store energy using the air pressure inside the structure, and the thickness of the polymer layer is adjusted based on the method applied for controlling the polymer freedom and residual stress deformation. The soft jumping mechanism can transfer energy more efficiently and stably using an energy storage and release mechanism and the rounded ankle structure designed using soft morphing. Therefore, the soft morphing and mechanisms of energy retention and release were applied to fabricate a soft robot prototype that can move in the desired direction and jump; the performance experiment was carried out.

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Impact of the first COVID-19 shutdown on patient volumes and surgical procedures of a Level I trauma center

European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery ◽

10.1007/s00068-021-01654-8 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Carolin A. Kreis ◽

Birte Ortmann ◽

Moritz Freistuehler ◽

René Hartensuer ◽

Hugo Van Aken ◽

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Keyword(s):

Surgical Procedures ◽

Trauma Center ◽

Control Period ◽

Open Fractures ◽

Injury Patterns ◽

Emergency Patient ◽

Emergency Operations ◽

Incidence Proportion ◽

Level I ◽

The Impact

Abstract Purpose In Dec 2019, COVID-19 was first recognized and led to a worldwide pandemic. The German government implemented a shutdown in Mar 2020, affecting outpatient and hospital care. The aim of the present article was to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 shutdown on patient volumes and surgical procedures of a Level I trauma center in Germany. Methods All emergency patients were recorded retrospectively during the shutdown and compared to a calendar-matched control period (CTRL). Total emergency patient contacts including trauma mechanisms, injury patterns and operation numbers were recorded including absolute numbers, incidence proportions and risk ratios. Results During the shutdown period, we observed a decrease of emergency patient cases (417) compared to CTRL (575), a decrease of elective cases (42 vs. 13) and of the total number of operations (397 vs. 325). Incidence proportions of emergency operations increased from 8.2 to 12.2% (shutdown) and elective surgical cases decreased (11.1 vs. 4.3%). As we observed a decrease for most trauma mechanisms and injury patterns, we found an increasing incidence proportion for severe open fractures. Household-related injuries were reported with an increasing incidence proportion from 26.8 to 47.5% (shutdown). We found an increasing tendency of trauma and injuries related to psychological disorders. Conclusion This analysis shows a decrease of total patient numbers in an emergency department of a Level I trauma center and a decrease of the total number of operations during the shutdown period. Concurrently, we observed an increase of severe open fractures and emergency operations. Furthermore, trauma mechanism changed with less traffic, work and sports-related accidents.

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