Spinal Injuries from Railroad Accidents.

Traumatic Spinal Cord Injuries Due to Motor Vehicle Accidents

Background and Aim: Spine trauma is an important health problem. Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) due to Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) might have a different epidemiologic pattern in Guilan province of Iran owing to its geographical characteristics. Therefore, the present study was conducted to the study epidemiology of SCI injuries due to road accidents in a trauma referral center in Guilan. ...

Injuries from road accidents.

A Framework for Investigating Railroad Accidents

Positive train control (PTC) or communication-based control systems (CBTC) control trains using wireless network infrastructures. Consequently, investigations of accidents involving PTCor CBTC-controlled trains require network forensic analysis. This paper describes a forensic analysis framework that leverages the communications capabilities of PTC systems. The framework incorporates a centrali...

Injuries are not accidents

Injuries are the result of an acute exposure to exhort of energy or a consequence of a deficiency in a vital element that exceeds physiological thresholds resulting threatens life. They are classified as intentional or unintentional. Injuries are considered a global health issue because they cause more than 5 million deaths per year worldwide and they are an important contributor to the burden ...

Injuries among railroad trespassers--Georgia, 1990-1996.

Railroad trespassers are persons on railroad property whose presence is prohibited or unlawful. Most trespassers are walking along or across railroad tracks. In 1997, fatalities to railroad trespassers became the leading cause of railroad-related deaths in the United States. In 1998, 513 persons were injured and 536 persons were killed while trespassing (Federal Railroad Administration, unpubli...