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Unobtrusive monitoring and identification of fall accidents
Medical Engineering & Physics, 2015Falls are a societal and economic problem of great concern with large parts of the population, in particular older citizens, at significant risk and the result of a fall often being grave. It has long been established that it is of importance to provide help to a faller soon after the event to prevent complications and this can be achieved with a fall ...
Pepijn, van de Ven +3 more
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PATIENT FALLS ARE NOT PATIENT ACCIDENTS
Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 1983You can't prevent all falls - but you can learn to identify the characteristics of high- risk patients.
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Falls on Stairs: an Epidemiological Accident Study
Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine, 1974In the words of M. Candau, accidents rate as “the world's third worst killer”, and in the industrialized society, with increasing hazards to life and health, it is of the utmost importance to find ways to reduce their number as well as their deadly and crippling effects.
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Maxillofacial Trauma Following Road Accidents and Falls
Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, 2016Motor vehicle accidents (MVA) and falls are major causes of maxillofacial injuries posing real challenges for the medical staff.To describe the demographic and injury characteristics, as well as the treatment procedures of casualties diagnosed with maxillofacial injuries.The investigators implemented a multicenter retrospective study composed of ...
Shmuel, Einy +4 more
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Taehan kanho. The Korean nurse, 1999
The study was conducted from November 1995 to May 1996 at the one general hospital in Seoul. The total subjects of this study were 412 patients who have the experience of fall accident, among them 31 was who have fallen during hospitalization and 381 was who visited emergency room and out patient clinic. The purposes of this study were to determine the
H S, Lee, M J, Kim
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The study was conducted from November 1995 to May 1996 at the one general hospital in Seoul. The total subjects of this study were 412 patients who have the experience of fall accident, among them 31 was who have fallen during hospitalization and 381 was who visited emergency room and out patient clinic. The purposes of this study were to determine the
H S, Lee, M J, Kim
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FALLS AS CHILDHOOD ACCIDENTS: AN INCREASING URBAN RISK
Pediatrics, 1971Falls from heights accounted for 20% of accidental deaths of children in New York City during 1966, and 67% of the children were under 5 years of age. A retrospective study of falls involving more than 10 feet during 1966 to 1968 at a single Bronx hospital affiliation disclosed that 55 children were hospitalized from this cause.
R L, Sieben, J D, Leavitt, J H, French
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Slipping, tripping and falling accidents to delivery drivers
Ergonomics, 1985North American studies have shown that approximately 25% of injuries to drivers of commercial vehicles are caused by slipping, tripping and falling accidents and a large proportion of these are associated with entry to and exit from the vehicle. No similar data have been obtained for delivery drivers within the U.K.
A S, Nicholson, G C, David
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Analysis of Construction Worker Fall Accidents
Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 2003The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) investigates most worker-related fatalities and many accidents involving serious injuries. A research study was conducted that focused on the data OSHA accumulated on construction worker accidents involving falls.
Xinyu Huang, Jimmie Hinze
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Road accidents caused by drivers falling asleep
Accident Analysis & Prevention, 1999About 29600 Norwegian accident-involved drivers received a questionnaire about the last accident reported to their insurance company. About 9200 drivers (31%) returned the questionnaire. The questionnaire contained questions about sleep or fatigue as contributing factors to the accident.
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A scenario analysis of ladder fall accidents
Journal of Safety Research, 1991Falls from ladders are second only to stairway falls as the most frequent source of injury involving falls from elevation. In this study, 123 ladder fall accident cases were investigated in-depth, using a human factors engineering (person-equipment-task-environment) investigative approach.
H.Harvey Cohen, Lee-jean Lin
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