Fall prevention using proactive toileting

Proactive Freeway Crash Prevention Using Real-Time Traffic Control

This paper makes use of a probabilistic model, that predicts the likelihood of crashes (crash potential) on freeways on the basis of traffic flow conditions, in real-time crash prevention. The model was developed using incident logs and loop detector data collected over a 13-month period on the Gardiner Expressway in Toronto. The previous work suggested that an increase in levels of traffic tur...

Complexities of fall prevention.

Falls are a major cause of morbidity and mortality among older adults and are an independent predictor variable leading to nursing home admission [1]. Each year, 20 percent of people older than 65 sustain serious falls [2]. Accidental death among the elderly is most often caused by falls [3]. The effects of falls, however, are not limited to physical injury; psychological and social sequelae ha...

Toileting Aids in Hospitals

Survey on Fall Detection and Fall Prevention Using Wearable and External Sensors

According to nihseniorhealth.gov (a website for older adults), falling represents a great threat as people get older, and providing mechanisms to detect and prevent falls is critical to improve people's lives. Over 1.6 million U.S. adults are treated for fall-related injuries in emergency rooms every year suffering fractures, loss of independence, and even death. It is clear then, that this pro...

Fall prevention among apprentice carpenters.

OBJECTIVES Falls from heights are a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in the construction industry, especially among inexperienced workers. We surveyed apprentice carpenters to identify individual and organizational factors associated with falls from heights. METHODS We developed a 72-item survey on fall prevention with multiple domains including fall experience, fall-prevention knowle...