BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Individual investment in health varies greatly within populations and results in significant differences in the risk of preventable death. Life history theory predicts that individuals should alter their investment in health (somatic maintenance) in response to ecological cues that shift the perceived fitness payoffs to such investments. However, previous research has ...

To evaluate battlefield survival in a novel command-directed casualty response system that comprehensively integrates Tactical Combat Casualty Care guidelines and a prehospital trauma registry. Analysis of battle injury data collected during combat deployments. Afghanistan and Iraq from October 1, 2001, through March 31, 2010. Casualties from the 75th Ranger Regiment, US Army Special Operations...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate battlefield survival in a novel command-directed casualty response system that comprehensively integrates Tactical Combat Casualty Care guidelines and a prehospital trauma registry. DESIGN Analysis of battle injury data collected during combat deployments. SETTING Afghanistan and Iraq from October 1, 2001, through March 31, 2010. PATIENTS Casualties from the 75th Ran...

INTRODUCTION The incidence of preventable trauma death in the current Japanese emergency medical system remains high. The present study aimed to determine rates of clearly preventable and possibly preventable trauma deaths due to traffic accidents in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, and to consider associated problems and solutions. MATERIALS AND METHODS During 2011, 175 victims died after traffic ac...

Physical exertion is not now an essential part of many people's working existence and because hard physical labour was the lot of the "labouring classes" from which many people have tried to escape by getting more genteel occupations, the correlates of exertion, heavy breathing and sweating are considered "not nice" and associated with the lower orders. A gentleman no less than a lady does not ...

The risk of premature death is higher in people with epilepsy, but many other factors have a potentially bigger role than epilepsy and its treatment. Most people with epilepsy will not die as a direct result of their epilepsy, but as a result of the underlying disorder causing epilepsy and of comorbidity, both somatic and psychiatric. Death in epilepsy is preventable. All patients require accur...

Causes of death are traditionally classified according to the primary type of disease or injury. For example, in 2001 the leading causes of death in North Carolina were heart disease, cancer, stroke, chronic lung disease, and diabetes. Causes of death may also be classified in terms of preventable risk factors – such as smoking, unhealthy diet, and sexual behavior – which contribute to a number...

Preventable and unexpected deaths following injury were identified from among 1088 victims of major injuries arising in a defined population and area during a 12-month period. In hospital, 44 (16 per cent) deaths from blunt injury, one death from penetrating injury and one death from drowning were preventable. In patients sustaining blunt injuries, 22 per cent of non-head-injury deaths and 13 p...

BACKGROUND The objective is to determine the rate of preventable mortality and the volume and nature of opportunities for improvement (OFI) in care for cases of traumatic death occurring in the state of Utah. METHODS A retrospective case review of deaths attributed to mechanical trauma throughout the state occurring between January 1, 2005, and December 31, 2005, was conducted. Cases were rev...