Sleep disorders and suicide attempts following discharge from residential treatment - Bishop TM, Youngren WA, Klein JS, Speed KJ, Pigeon WR.
INTRODUCTION: Suicide is a significant public health concern and its prevention remains a top clinical priority of the Veterans Health Administration. Periods of transition in care (e.g., moving from inpatient to outpatient care) represent a period of incr...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload 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

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

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

Partial isolated tear of the popliteus tendon following an in-car traffic accident: a rare cause of knee pain: a CARE-compliant case report - Choi GS, Chang MC.
RATIONALE: Lesions caused by traffic accidents are often microscopic and minimal; therefore, their diagnosis can be easily overlooked. Moreover, when it is a rarely reported type of lesion, it can be even more easily undiagnosed. Isolated popliteal injurie...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure 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

Experiences and Interventions by Botswana police officers in providing emergency care in road traffic collisions in the greater Gaborone region - Sebakeng M, Cox M.
BACKGROUND: Close to 500 people die annually from Road Traffic Collisions in Botswana. The country's Emergency Medical Service is limited in capacity and coverage and greatest in the region of the capital city, Gaborone. Botswana Police Service officers ar...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Anger and support for retribution in Mexico's drug war - Garc ía-Ponce O, Young LE, Zeitzoff T.
How does exposure to criminal violence shape attitudes towards justice and the rule of law? Citizens care about crime prevention and procedural legality, yet they also value punishing perpetrators for the harm they have done. We argue that anger induced by...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Faith-based organizations' support of veteran congregants at risk for mental health conditions and suicide: a qualitative study of clergy experiences in Los Angeles County - Santiago S, Yahalom J, Ames D, Kopacz MS, Weinreich HM, Erickson Z, Sakhno S, Van Hoof T, Hamilton AB, Koenig HG, Yarns BC.
Faith-based organizations (FBOs) are often "gatekeepers" to mental health care for congregants at risk of mental illness and suicide, especially U.S. military Veterans, but data to inform better collaboration are needed. We conducted focus groups with cler...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Patient-stimulated fall prevention screening in primary care: analysis of provider coding changes - Moran R.
BACKGROUND: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed an evidenced based clinical screening tool, Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths& Injuries (STEADI) but penetration into routine clinical practice has been slow. To increase scre...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Primary care providers' knowledge, perceptions, and practice of trauma-informed care in a public health care setting - Lathan EC, Haynes T, Langhinrichsen-Rohling R, Sonu SC, Powers A.
This study sought to document primary care provider...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Study of deliberate self-poisoning among adult females in a tertiary care hospital - Yousuf FB, Sarker S, Ferdous T, Chowdhury SM.
BACKGROUND: Poisoning is a common medico-social problem in our country causing around 300,000 episodes and around 2000 deaths per year. Attempted suicide among adult females are a major public health problem. The number of self-poisoning in females are inc...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Suicide data in trauma centers: implications of imprecision - Cronn SE, Kant JM, Brandolino A, Kohlbeck S, Deroon-Cassini T, Emerson N, Schramm A.
BACKGROUND: Trauma registries exist to provide data for evaluating the quality of care of trauma patients. These data facilitate research and can be used for outreach, planning, and improvement in trauma patient outcomes. However, the accuracy of registry ...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Fire safety management in public health-care buildings: issues and possible solutions - Agus Salim NA, Salleh NM, Jaafar M, Sulieman MZ, Ulang NM, Ebekozien A.
PURPOSE Frequent fire incidences in various hospitals across the globe with devastating effects on humans and other resources have multiplied. Stakeholders in the health-care sector are worried because of the yearly fire outbreak increase. However, fire sa...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

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