Preventing paraffin-related injury

Preventing Paraffin-Related Injury

Paraffin (called kerosene in North America and other parts of the world) is the most commonly used fuel in ‎non-electrified dwellings worldwide. It is especially popular in Africa and South Asia. Although paraffin ‎offers many advantages-especially its comparatively low cost to produce-it poses two major risks of ‎injury. First, paraffin poisoning is common, either through ingestion or through ...

Preventing needle-stick injury.

Paraffin-related injury in low-income South African communities: knowledge, practice and perceived risk.

OBJECTIVE To explore what individuals at risk of injury from using paraffin (also known as kerosene) know about paraffin safety, what they do to protect themselves and their families from paraffin-related injury, and how they perceive their risk for such injury. Also, to explore interrelations between these factors and age, sex, education and income. METHODS A sample of 238 individuals was ra...

Monitoring and preventing diaphragm injury

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The present review summarizes developments in the field of respiratory muscle monitoring, in particular in critically ill patients. RECENT FINDINGS Patients admitted to the ICU may develop severe respiratory muscle dysfunction in a very short time span. Among other factors, disuse and sepsis have been associated with respiratory muscle dysfunction in these patients. Because ...

Preventing head and neck injury.

A wide range of head and neck injury risks are present in sport, including catastrophic injury. The literature since 1980 on prevention of head and neck injury in sport was reviewed, focusing on catastrophic and brain injury and identifying the range of injury prevention methods in use. There have been few formal evaluations of injury prevention methods. Approaches that are considered, or have ...