The issue of cycle helmets continues to excite considerable debate among cycle enthusiasts, road safety officers, and medical practitioners. Some assert that the helmet constitutes an unambiguous safety gain, whereas others question this and focus on the broader social and political context of cycling, helmet use, and legislation. As the BMA report Cycling Towards Health and Safety demonstrates...

introduction: health care providers and health policy managers need updated and valid information regarding causes of death (cod) for development the health care facilities, directing primary prevention, assigning funds, and promoting public health. the major causes of death and its burden have not been yet appropriately identified in iran. although several studies had been carried out in this ...

The ability to respond quickly and effectively to a cardiac arrest situation rests on nurses being competent in the emergency life-saving procedure of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The objective of the current study was to evaluate the types of trauma and survival of patients that require immediate cardiopulmonary resuscitation in trauma emergencies. A total of 13301 patients treated as accide...

fatal injury caused by bicycle accidents in many countries. when a motor vehicle collides with a bicycle, the results are often devastating as a cyclist has minimal protection from the hard exterior of a car and it is often the cyclist who will suffer incapacitating and potentially life-threatening injuries. vehicle drivers and passengers may suffer from broken glass injuries, whiplash and brui...