Training to improve spatial hearing and  situation awareness when wearing hearing protection - Golob EJ, Nelson JT, Walasek JA, Piedra ET, Mock JR, Adams MJK, Esquivel CCR, Spear CSA.
INTRODUCTION: Hearing protection devices (HPDs) are standard personal protective equipment in military settings, but many service members may choose to not use HPDs because they impair spatial hearing and situation awareness. In an effort to reduce barrier...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news

"What does not kill me makes me stronger": perceived negative and positive consequences of teachers' exposure to violence directed at them - Ben-Hayun SG, Zysberg L.
Teachers' exposure to aggression and violence at work has long been associated with numerous negative outcomes. Based on recent models rooted in positive psychology we wished to explore the possibility of positive outcomes alongside the negative ones, as a...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

A 3-year retrospective analysis of dento-alveolar injuries at the University Children's Hospital Zurich (2018-2020) - Schmid C, Fongaufier C, Hamza B, H öhn T, Staubli G, Stadlinger B.
Children and adolescents are vulnerable to dental trauma due to their active lifestyles, lack of coordination, and inexperience in recognizing potentially dangerous situations. Early recognition and proper management of dental trauma is crucial in order to...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

A descriptive study of  casualties evacuated out of Afghanistan by critical care air transport teams during the withdrawal of U.S. Troops - Baldwin D, Arana AA, Savell SC, Cutright J, Medellin K, Castaneda M, Bebarta VS, Davis WT, Maddry JK, Ng PC.
INTRODUCTION: The War in Afghanistan ended in August 2021. Evacuation from the country was a large effort during the last days of the conflict. During evacuation efforts at Kabul Hamid Karzai International Airport, a suicide bombing occurred necessitating ...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Addressing sexual assault in Pakistan: insights from an analysis of female survivors at Lahore General Hospital - Bandesha FN, Zarif P, Faraz MA, Moeen F, Rehan KI, Khalid R.
The objective was to investigate the demographic and clinical features of female survivors of sexual assault in Lahore, Pakistan. ...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

American trauma care: a system of systems - Johnson RM, Larson NJ, Brown CT, Iyegha UP, Blondeau B, Dries DJ, Rogers FB.
OBJECTIVE: The benefits of organized trauma systems have been well-documented during 50 years of trauma system development in the United States. Unfortunately, despite this evidence, trauma system development has occurred only sporadically in the 50 states...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

An assault upon women: reproductive rights in the US in the shadow of the 2022 US Supreme Court Ruling (the Dobbs ruling) - Hill M, Houghton F, Keogh Hoss MA.
On 4 June 2022, the US Supreme Court overruled both Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey and returned the legality of abortion to the States.1 A significant number of States subsequently banned abortion, with 13 State...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Application of the apriori algorithm for traffic crash analysis in Thailand - Mohamad I, Kasemsri R, Ratanavaraha V, Jomnonkwao S.
Accidents pose significant obstacles to economic progress and quality of life, especially in developing countries. Thailand faces such challenges and this research seeks to assess the frequency and most common causes of road accidents that lead to fataliti...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Assessing the impact of transport modality on prehospital times for victims of motorcycle road traffic collisions in the Scottish Highlands - Critchell M, Mallinson T, Regan L.
OBJECTIVE: Dispersed population, mountainous topography, and extreme weather present logistical challenges for the emergency services providing care to the resident population and tourists visiting the Scottish Highlands. Debate over the value of air ambul...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Mild traumatic brain injury characteristics and symptoms in preschool children: how do they differ to school age children? A multicenter prospective observational study - Crowe LM, Rausa VC, Anderson V, Borland ML, Kochar A, Lyttle MD, Gilhotra Y, Dalziel SR, Oakley E, Furyk J, Neutze J, Bressan S, Davis GA, Babl FE.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate if preschool children differ to school age children with mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) with respect to injury causes, clinical presentation, and medical management. DESIGN: A secondary analysis of a dataset from a larg...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news

Deconstructing gender capital involving conversations of male military sexual trauma on Reddit - Dashiell S.
This paper examines the ways in which men protect a masculine ideal as they discuss Military Sexual Assault. Rape is an under-reported crime, but significantly less likely reported by men who have been sexually assaulted. The Department of Defense released...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Depression complexity prevalence and outcomes among veterans affairs patients in integrated primary care - Campbell DG, Lombardero A, English I, Waltz TJ, Hoggatt KJ, Simon BF, Lanto AB, Simon A, Rubenstein LV, Chaney EF.
INTRODUCTION: The Veterans Health Administration (VA) Primary Care-Mental Health Integration (PC-MHI) initiative targets depression (MDD), anxiety/posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol misuse (AM) for care improvement. In primary care, case find...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Detecting trends and shocks in terrorist activities - Prieto-Curiel R, Walther O, Davies E.
This article addresses...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Development and validation of a novel hollow viscus injury prediction score for abdominal seatbelt sign: a Pacific Coast Surgical Association multicenter study - Santos J, Delaplain PT, Tay-Lasso E, Biffl WL, Schaffer KB, Sundel M, Ghneim M, Costantini TW, Santorelli JE, Switzer E, Schellenberg M, Keeley JA, Kim DY, Wang A, Dhillon NK, Patel D, Campion EM, Robinson CK, Kartiko S, Quintana MT, Estroff JM, Kirby KA, Grigorian A, Nahmias J.
BACKGROUND: High-quality computed tomography (CT) can exclude HVI in patients with an A-SBS but performs poorly at identifying HVI. Delay in diagnosis of HVI has significant consequences necessitating timely identification. STUDY DESIGN: This multicenter, ...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Advances in the understanding of acetaminophen toxicity mechanisms: a clinical toxicology perspective - Chiew AL, Isbister GK.
INTRODUCTION: Acetaminophen (paracetamol) is a commonly used analgesic and antipyretic agent, which is safe in therapeutic doses. Acetaminophen poisoning due to self-harm or repeated supratherapeutic ingestion is a common cause of acute liver injury. Acety...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

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