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Two Clinical Records of Human Injuries with a Death caused by Electric Eels Electrophorus spp. Gill, 1864 [PDF]
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina TropicalElectrical eels, or poraqués or temblones (Electrophorus spp. Gill, 1864), are highly feared animals in the Amazon, mainly because of their electric discharge of up to 860 volts. We report two cases of human injuries caused by electric eels, one of which
Vidal Haddad Júnior +4 more
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Comparing pedestrian safety between electric and internal combustion engine vehicles [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsVehicle electrification has become a major strategy for mitigating transport carbon emissions. Concerns have been raised about electric vehicle’s safety impacts due to their quieter driving and heavier weight compared to conventional internal combustion ...
Zia Wadud
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Electrical injury - induced atrial fibrillation [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2022 Introduction. An electrical injury can cause various cardiac arrhythmias, such as asystole, ventricular fibrillation, sinus tachycardia, and heart blocks. However, it rarely causes atrial fibrillation (AF). Case report.
Stojanović Milovan +3 more
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Analysis of road traffic accidents involving standing electric scooters reported in newspapers in Italy [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2022 Objective As the use of electric scooters increased in Italy in the last years, we aimed to estimate the burden of accidents caused by this micro-mobility vehicle and identify characteristics, severity, and type of injuries.
Tommaso Scquizzato +6 more
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Emergency Access and Impact of Injuries Caused by Electrocution and Lightning
Albanian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 2023 Electrical injury is a physiological reaction caused by electric current passing through the body. Electric injuries can be caused by the impact and exposure to electric current or lightning either at home or at work.
Basri Lenjani +6 more
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Facing Facts: Facial Injuries from Stand-up Electric Scooters [PDF]
, 2020 Background Stand-up electric scooters (SES) are a popular public transportation method. Numerous safety concerns have arisen since their recent introduction.
Alwani, Mohamedkazim +7 more
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Characteristics of Unintentional Injuries in 15 773 Children [PDF]
Zhongguo quanke yixue, 2023 Background Unintentional injuries are major threats to children's health, but most of them are preventable. Since the incidence and characteristics of distribution of unintentional injuries vary across regions, it is necessary to formulate ...
SHEN Yu, CHEN Jian, SHOU Tiejun, YU Beirong
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, 2020 Nowadays, safety boots are necessary and essential to workers in order to avoid harm and injury at a workplace. Safety boots can be defined as a personal protective equipment (PPE) for foot protection at workplace from getting foot injuries caused by ...
Abubakar, Muhammad Umarazizi +2 more
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Facial injury patterns associated with stand-up electric scooters in unhelmeted riders
Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2022 Background In recent years, the number of people riding stand-up electric scooters in South Korea has increased rapidly. This study analyzed the facial injury patterns associated with stand-up electric scooter-related trauma in patients who visited our ...
Hyeon Seok Kim +4 more
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The impact of e-scooter injuries
Bone & Joint Open, 2022 AimsDue to the recent rapid expansion of scooter sharing companies, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of electric scooter (e-scooter) injuries. Our purpose was to conduct a systematic review to characterize the demographic characteristics,
Priya Singh +5 more
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