Economic burden of US youth violence injuries - Peterson C, Parker EM, D'Inverno AS, Haileyesus T.
The health burden of US youth violence is substantial. Among youths aged 10 to 24 years, homicide has been a top 3 leading cause of death and assaults have been a top 10 leading cause of emergency department (ED) injury visits for more than 2 decades.1 Qua...
Source: SafetyLit - September 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Structural intervention at one bridge decreases the overall jumping suicide rate in Victoria, Australia - Dwyer J, Spittal MJ, Scurrah K, Pirkis J, Bugeja L, Clapperton A.
AIMS: There is clear evidence that installing safety barriers is effective in preventing jumping suicides from high-risk bridges with only moderate displacement to other nearby bridges. However, the impact of barriers on jumping suicides across broader geo...
Source: SafetyLit - September 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Traumatic tear of the pectoralis major muscle during military parachute jumping - Estel K, Waldmann K, R öttel S, Heller R, Willy C, Back DA.
A tear of the pectoralis major (PM) muscle is a rare injury that is prevalent in men between 20 and 40 years of age and those in a military profession.1 2 In a 26-year-old soldier, an incorrectly attached parachute harness led to unintentional hyperabdu...
Source: SafetyLit - September 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

"The wild west:" nurse experiences of responding to the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting - Choi KR, Heilemann MSV, Romero SA, Peng K, Wu J, Sondereker D, Fisher C, Brymer M.
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of nurses who responded to a public mass shooting in 2017. METHODS: This qualitative study was conducted with a sample of nurses who responded to a mass shooting, recruited purposi...
Source: SafetyLit - September 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Exploring the differences in rider injury severity in vehicle-two-wheelers accidents with dissimilar fault parties - Hu L, Song Y, Wang F, Lin M.
OBJECTIVE: The division of responsibility in vehicle-two-wheelers accidents reflects the extent to which different fault parties contributed to the occurrence of the accident, with significant differences in the injuries sustained by the riders in accident...
Source: SafetyLit - September 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news

Seat belt use in the US by pregnant motor vehicle occupants - Espelien C, Jin R, Mostofizadeh S, VanRyzin R, Hartka T, Forman J, Chernyavskiy P.
Introduction Motor vehicle (MV) collisions are a leading cause of trauma for pregnant individuals in the US that often result in adverse maternal and fetal outcomes.1 MV collisions account for 82% of injury-induced fetal deaths and 55% to 78% of trauma...
Source: SafetyLit - September 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Association of four medication classes and non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents with affective disorders - a retrospective chart review - Eggart V, Mortazavi M, Kirchner SK, Keeser D, Brandstetter L, Hasan A, Wagner E.
BACKGROUND: Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) behaviour is frequently observed in children and adolescents with psychiatric conditions. Affected individuals are regularly treated with psychotropic drugs, although the impact of these agents on NSSI behaviour ...
Source: SafetyLit - September 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Impact of COVID-19 and telehealth on mental health in Bangladesh: a propensity score matching approach - Rahman S, Amit S, Kafy AA.
COVID-19 have deteriorated mental health conditions in Bangladesh. The study aims to examine the impact of COVID-19 on mental health conditions through the propensity score matching method and establish the relationship between telehealth usage on mental h...
Source: SafetyLit - September 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Emotion regulation and executive functioning in female victims of sexual assault suffering from PTSD - Ouhmad N, El Hage W, Combalbert N.
The sexual abuse of women has major repercussions on several spheres of the victims' daily lives and can lead to the development of PTSD. We were interested in the existence of a specific profile of alterations in cognitive functioning in female victims of...
Source: SafetyLit - September 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Epidemiology of work-related traumatic brain injury (wrTBI) and COVID-19 pandemic lockdown consequences: experience in a reference center in Chile - Wimmer Del Solar J, Rojas-L íbano D, Bastías Barra P, Cisternas Vera C, Chávez Martel P, Rozas Vidal JP, Ibáñez Rodríguez P, Fontecilla Villalobos E.
INTRODUCTION: Work-related Traumatic Brain Injury (wrTBI) is a frequent cause of chronic morbidity, mortality, and high treatment costs. Its causes are highly environmentally determined and were affected by COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns. OBJECTIVE: W...
Source: SafetyLit - September 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Establishing consensus on essential resources for musculoskeletal trauma care worldwide: a modified Delphi study - MacKechnie MC, Shearer DW, Verhofstad MHJ, Martin C, Graham SM, Pesantez R, Schuetz M, H üttl T, Kojima K, Bernstein BP, Miclau T.
BACKGROUND: Despite evidence that formalized trauma systems enhance patient functional outcomes and decrease mortality rates, there remains a lack of such systems globally. Critical to trauma systems are the equipment, materials, and supplies needed to sup...
Source: SafetyLit - September 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Ethical considerations for the use of artificial intelligence in medical decision-making capacity assessments - MacIntyre MR, Cockerill RG, Mirza OF, Appel JM.
The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are providing new tools to clinicians. AI tools have the potential to process vast amounts of data in a short amount of time, providing new insights and changing how we approach com...
Source: SafetyLit - September 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Evidence of the unthinkable: experimental wargaming at the nuclear threshold - Reddie AW, Goldblum BL.
Ongoing nuclear modernization programs in Russia, China, and the USA have reopened longstanding debates among scholars concerning whether tailored nuclear weapons are likely to have destabilizing consequences for international security. Without data to adj...
Source: SafetyLit - September 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Exploring factors associated with paramedic work-related psychological injury through data linkage - Kearney J, Muir C, Smith K, Meadley B.
INTRODUCTION: In comparison to the general population and other emergency services workers, paramedics experience high rates of work-related psychological injury. However, there is limited understanding of the case and practitioner-related factors that inc...
Source: SafetyLit - September 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Fall and collision related injuries among pedestrians, sickness absence and associations with accident type and occupation - Bergsten EL, Kjeldg ård L, Stigson H, Farrants K, Friberg E.
This study explores pedestrian fall accidents and collisions with other road users in the Swedish road transport system, and sickness absence (SA) in relation to accident type, injury, and occupation. Further, it studies the associations betwee...
Source: SafetyLit - September 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

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