Management of tracheal tears can prove to be challenging in the perioperative setting. This is a rare condition that can be life threatening. Here, we present a case of seven-year-old boy involved in a high-speed motor vehicle collision. The child sustained multiple injuries including a near fatal head injury, multiple facial fractures, and a tracheal injury associated with pneumomediastinum. D...

OBJECTIVE To characterize national trends in non-fatal BB/pellet gun related injury rates for persons aged 19 years or younger in relation to trends in non-fatal and fatal firearm related injury rates and discuss these trends in light of injury prevention and violence prevention efforts. SETTING The National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) includes approximately 100 hospitals wi...

OBJECTIVES To describe work related fatal injuries to agricultural workers in New Zealand to identify priority areas for further research and injury control measures. METHODS Injury deaths in New Zealanders aged 15-84 inclusive for the period 1985-94 were identified and the coroner's files for these obtained. These files were then reviewed to determine whether the death arose as a result of w...

Background/problem: Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of injury and death in productive age group. Two-wheeler riders accounted for nearly half fatal nonfatal injuries. Head is most common among them, which can be reduced by appropriate use helmet. Though there was a law about compulsorywearing helmet state, it never enforced district usage rate before campaignvaried from 1% to 5%.Met...

A full description of brain-stem injuries should include their mechanisms and types of damage, distinguishing those which are primary and occur at the time of the injury, from those which are secondary and result from changes elsewhere in the brain or in other parts of the body; and the various lesions should be related to the clinical condition of the patients. Unfortunately, knowledge is insu...

OBJECTIVE Leading causes of fatal and non-fatal injury among US children aged <15 years were compared. METHOD A descriptive study was conducted using nationally representative data on injury related deaths (National Vital Statistics System) and on non-fatal injury related emergency department visits (IEDV; National Electronic Injury Surveillance System-All Injury Program). Data were accessed ...

BACKGROUND Primary blast lung injury (PBLI) is an acknowledged cause of death in explosive blast casualties. In contrast to vehicle occupants following an in-vehicle explosion, the injury profile, including PBLI incidence, for mounted personnel following an external explosion has yet to be as well defined. METHODS This retrospective study identified 146 cases of UK military personnel killed b...