STUDY OBJECTIVES To describe the incidence and epidemiology of major incidents occurring in Britain over the past 28 years. METHODS Major incidents were identified through a MEDLINE search, a hand search of journals and government reports at the Home Office Emergency Planning College, newspaper reports, a postal survey of ambulance emergency planning officers, and through requests for informa...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to ascertain whether school-based emergency medical services (EMS) incidents are different from nonschool-based EMS incidents for school-aged children. METHODS We examined South Dakota EMS incident reports involving children ages 5 to 18 years old from 1994 through 1996 (n = 12603). Patient characteristics, dispatch reason, primary medical complaint, in...

Wildlife incidents with aircraft cost the United States (U.S.) civil aviation industry >US$1.4 billion in estimated damages and loss of revenue from 1990 to 2009. Although terrestrial mammals represented only 2.3 % of wildlife incidents, damage to aircraft occurred in 59 % of mammal incidents. We examined mammal incidents (excluding bats) at all airports in the Federal Aviation Administration (...

BACKGROUND Major incidents put pressure on any health system. There are currently no studies describing the epidemiology of major incidents in South Africa (SA). The lack of data makes planning for major incidents and exercising of major incident plans difficult. OBJECTIVE To describe the epidemiology of major incidents in the Western Cape Province, SA. METHODS A retrospective analysis of t...

We aimed to determine the type and frequency of critical incidents in a multidisciplinary intensive care unit, to determine outcomes consequent to these incidents and to devise corrective strategies. Prospectively collected data on critical incidents during a 33-month period were analysed. In all, 1918 patients were admitted to the unit during the study period. Each incident was analysed in det...

BACKGROUND Equipment-related incidents in the operating room (OR) can affect quality of care. In this study, the authors determined the occurrence and effects on the care process in a large teaching hospital. METHODS During a 4-week period, OR nurses reported equipment-related incidents during surgery procedures in both locations of the hospital. The incidents were reported using a separate f...

Gasoline prices have significant effects on traffic safety. However, existing literature has failed to adequately investigate the effects: the literature has examined only fatal incidents rather than total traffic incidents. This study analyzes the effects of gasoline prices on total traffic incidents and on the incidents by age and gender. The results suggest that gasoline prices have negative...

BACKGROUND Although children experience pain during their daily life, research has generally focused on medical pain. Sport-related pain has not been widely studied in children and research has not examined the occurrence of painful incidents in gymnastics. The prevalence of painful incidents among children in recreational gymnastics classes and accompanying coach responses were recorded. MET...