Facial trauma may impose functional disabilities, such as difficulties with breathing, eating, drinking, and speaking. Moreover, esthetic changes might cause the patient social and psychological dysfunction. Fractured facial bones may occur following isolated facial trauma, or as a part of multiple injuries trauma that might be caused by: road accidents, domestic or street falls, physical viole...

In order to describe the characteristics of traumatic brain injury (TEC) in children seen at the Cayetano Heredia National Hospital from 2004 to 2011, a case study was conducted. 316, 14 year-old minors were included, the median age was 4 ± 3 years old. 63.9% were male. The main causes of TEC were falls (80.1%) and car accidents (10.4%). 42.4% (134/316) occurred in the afternoon. There was a hi...

Hunting is a historically constructed cultural act and continues to be a passion and a popular recreational pastime worldwide. Along with a high population density in Europe and a large volume of hunters hunting injuries such as falls from hunting stands continue to occur regularly and are a significant cause of morbidity among hunters. The purpose of this study was to review typical injury pat...

Knowledge on the incidence of childhood accidents according to the child's stage of development is important for designing preventive programs targeting each age bracket. The aim of this study was to describe the incidence of falls, cuts, and burns in children up to four years of age according to family economic status and maternal age and schooling, in children from the 2004 Pelotas (Brazil) b...

Examination of the accident records from the telecommunication industry covering some 100 000 engineers over a 12-month period showed that 25% of accidents resulting in more than three days' sick leave gave rise to back injuries. Handling accidents and falls accounted for 65% of three-day-plus accidents; handling accidents alone gave rise to 65% of back injuries. The absolute numbers of acciden...

There are four primary accident types at steel building construction (SC) projects: falls (tumbles), object falls, object collapse, and electrocution. Several systematic safety risk assessment approaches, such as fault tree analysis (FTA) and failure mode and effect criticality analysis (FMECA), have been used to evaluate safety risks at SC projects. However, these traditional methods ineffecti...

168 INTRODUCTION The knee is an intermediate joint of the lower limb, lying between both the longer lever arms of the human body (femur and tibia)(1,2). Despite of its complex mechanism and structures, it plays an important role for daily life activities. Under a functional point of view, it is essential for ambulation, keeping a bipodal stance, and for performing basic movements such as gait, ...

Executive Summary Two particular areas of concern in addition to the more well researched aspects of accident patterns in the ageing population are those of non-collision injuries in public transport and single pedestrian accidents. Although the research base for these forms of accidents is slender, the data are consistently suggestive of a significant need for both concern and further research...

Objective: To describe emergency care for external causes in childhood, age group 0-9 years, in Brazilian capitals, collected from the Violence and Accident Surveillance System (VIVA) Survey in 2014. Methods: To review data from the VIVA survey conducted in public emergency services in 24 Brazilian capitals. Variables analyzed were gender, age group (0-1 years, 2-5 years and 6-9 years), race/...