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Fast three-dimensional posture reconstruction of motorcyclists using openpose and a custom MATLAB script - Barberi E, Chillemi M, Cucinotta F, Sfravara F.
Ergonomics focuses on the analysis of the interaction between human beings and their working environment. During the riding of a motorbike, ergonomics studies the rider's posture on the motorbike. An incorrect posture can lead to physical and psychological...
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news

An evaluation of trauma scores (RTS, GAP, EMTRAS) on mortality in multiple trauma patients - Bucak A, Karakus A.
BACKGROUND: Emergency Trauma Score (EMTRAS), Revised Trauma Score (RTS) and Glasgow Age Pressure (GAP) are used to determine the patient status, and to predict the intervention and prognosis. OBJECTIVES: The aim of the present study was to evaluate...
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Design and development of an objective evaluation system for a web-based simulator for trauma management - Larraga-Garc ía B, Castañeda López L, Monforte-Escobar F, Quintero Mínguez R, Quintana-Díaz M, Gutiérrez.
This study...
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Ethical and forensic issues in the medico-legal and psychological assessment of women asylum seekers - Tullio V, La Spina C, Guadagnino D, Albano GD, Zerbo S, Argo A.
Asylum-seeking migrants represent a vulnerable segment of the population, and among them, women constitute an even more vulnerable group. Most of these women and girls have been exposed to threats, coercion, and violence of many kinds, including rape, forc...
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Geospatial assessment to improve time to treatment (GAITT) - McDonough MM, Benoit PJ, Jarman MP, Remick KN.
Introduction Geographic information systems (GIS) can optimize trauma systems by identifying ways to reduce time to treatment. Using GIS, this study analyzed a system in Maryland served by Johns Hopkins Suburban Hospital and the University of Maryland Cap...
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

High-energy blunt pelvic ring injury incidence and polytrauma caseload in a single level I trauma center during COVID-19 related pseudo-lockdown measures: a retrospective cohort study based on a prospective registry - Morello V, Zingg M, Andereggen E, Ansorge A, Valisena S, Gamulin A.
BACKGROUND: Pelvic ring injuries are potentially lethal lesions associated with polytrauma patients and need an efficient trauma team for their management. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the incidence of high-energy blunt pelvic ring injuries an...
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Justice-involved, sexually victimized women's perspectives on the acceptability of receiving trauma-focused therapy in prison - Fradley MF, Kathryn Allison M, Steely Smith MK, Bossard MS, Zielinski MJ.
Incarcerated women report high rates of sexual victimization. Interviews with 63 previously incarcerated women survivors of sexual violence explored perceptions toward receiving trauma-focused therapy while incarcerated and postrelease trauma-focused thera...
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Long-term survival after major trauma: a retrospective nationwide cohort study from the National Health Insurance Research Database - Kuo LW, Wang YH, Wang CC, Huang YTA, Hsu CP, Tee YS, Chen SA, Liao CA.
BACKGROUND: Most trauma-related studies are focused on short-term survival and complications within the index admission, and the long-term outcomes beyond discharge are mainly unknown. The purpose of this study was to analyze the data from the National Hea...
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Neurobiological metric of cortical delay discounting differentiates risk for self- and other-directed violence among trauma-exposed individuals - Sheehan AE, Bounoua N, Stumps A, Miglin R, Huerta W, Sadeh N.
Self- and other-directed violence (SDV/ODV) contribute to elevated rates of mortality. Early trauma exposure shows robust positive associations with these forms of violence but alone does not distinguish those at heightened risk for later engagement in SDV...
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Participation in the chronic phase after traumatic brain injury: variations and key predictors - Hauger SL, Borgen IMH, Forslund MV, Kleffelg ård I, Andelic N, Løvstad M, Perrin PB, Røe C, Fure SCR.
This study evaluates participation over a period of one year among persons with TBI in the chronic phase and explores sociodemographic, psychological, and environmental...
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Prehospital transportation of severe penetrating trauma victims in Sweden during the past decade: a police business? - Renberg M, Dahlberg M, Gellerfors M, Rostami A, G ünther M, Rostami E.
INTRODUCTION: Sweden is facing a surge of gun violence that mandates optimized prehospital transport approaches, and a survey of current practice is fundamental for such optimization. Management of severe, penetrating trauma is time sensitive, and there ma...
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Psychological impact of violence on male nurses in forensic units in Gauteng, South Africa - Thwala NR, Mokoena-de Beer AG.
BACKGROUND: Male psychiatric nurses are pivotal in providing treatment, care and rehabilitation to state patients admitted to forensic units. The nature of patients admitted in forensic units increase the likelihood violence for male psychiatric nurses. Su...
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

The association between the outcomes of trauma education and some socio-economic indicators: a descriptive-analytical study - Naghdi K, Baigi V, Zafarghandi M, RahimiMovaghar V, Fakharian E, Pahlavanhosseini H, Pirnejad H, Farahmand Rad R, Daliri S, Nasr Isfahani M, Khormali M, Piri SM, Mirzamohamadi S, Salamati P.
This study aimed to determine the association between education as a socioeconomic indicator and trauma outcomes. Methods: This descriptive-...
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

The risk factors of chronic pain in victims of violence: a scoping review - Uvelli A, Duranti C, Salvo G, Coluccia A, Gualtieri G, Ferretti F.
Violent situations are unfortunately very frequent in women and children all over the world. These experiences have long-term consequences for adult physical and psychological health. One of the most reported is chronic pain, defined in various sub-diagnos...
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Trauma in pregnancy - Patel S, Qabbani A, Sheridan R, DuMont T, Kautza B, Arshad H.
Trauma in pregnancy can range from a mild injury, such as a fall from standing height, to a major injury, involving a penetrating injury or a high force motor vehicle collision. Providing care to a pregnant patient with trauma presents a unique challenge a...
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news