When Is an Accident Just an Accident?

What Is an Accident?

course, arising out of the Workmen's Compensation Act, but sometimes under common law as well ; and therefore a review of those decisions which have helped to define what an accident is may not be out of place at a medical meeting. It is curious that neither of the Workmen's Compensation Acts contained this definition, so that the meaning of the term has tended to vary case by case. Prior to th...

When an Inescapable Accident of Autonomous Vehicles is Looming

A system for a real-time estimation of vehicle accident potential damages is proposed with the aim of facilitating autonomous vehicle's embedded computer system to come to the least harmful possible decision if it realizes that an accident is unavoidable. The system analyzes all the possible crashes so the autonomous vehicle will make a decision what the least destructive option is.

An Unusual Accident

An accident and emergency based child accident surveillance system: is it possible?

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the possibility of setting up a database on childhood accidents within an accident and emergency (A&E) department. DESIGN A proforma detailing epidemiological details about the child and details of the injury was designed and tested for accuracy. It was completed in parallel with the existing case documentation. A retrospective sample was analysed after completion of the...

Inpatients in an accident unit.

A one-year prospective study was undertaken in the 79-bed accident unit of the Bristol Royal Infirmary to define reasons for continuing inpatient care. This showed that, of a consecutive series of 466 patients staying in hospital for over two weeks, 35% lengthened their stay beyond that needed for acute nursing or continued medical care. A combination of factors usually led to total social depe...