The mortality of trauma patients has improved significantly in recent decades due to a combination of factors: medical care, educational campaigns and structural changes. Generalization of out-of hospital emergence medical services and the hospital care in specific centers for traumatized has undoubtedly contributed to this decline, but other factors such as periodic campaigns to prevent workpl...

The aim of prevention is to protect and maintain health. Several legally enforced preventive measures (e.g., use of safety belts) go undisputed mainly because of a high level of risk perception (of traffic accidents) in the population. On the other hand, obligatory measures for the prevention of chronic disease are mostly perceived as unwanted limitation of individual freedom. Due to demographi...

The number of light aircraft (less than 5,700) in the developing world is small compared to those in the West, and little information on aviation accidents is readily available from developing countries. Papua New Guinea, enjoys a priviledged position, since aviation was introduced early and much of the country was opened through flying. During the period of Australian trusteeship until indepen...

AIM To assess the prevalence of fatal road traffic accidents in Tirana, Albania, and describe their determinants. METHODS This cross-sectional study included all road traffic accidents recorded by the Traffic Police Department of Tirana district for the period 2000-2005. A structured questionnaire included information about the type of traffic accident (fatal vs non-fatal event), year of even...

Please cite this paper as: Hassan STS, Jamaludin H, Abdul Raman R, Latiff LA, Mohd Riji H. Knowledge, Prevention Strategies, and Intervention Tactics: Traumas and Motor Vehicle Accidents. Bull Emerg Trauma. 2013;1(1):3-4. Corresponding author: Syed Tajuddin Syed Hassan Address: Department of Medicine, Nursing Unit, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia. Tel: +60-3-89472412 Fax: +60-3-89...

BACKGROUND Although occupational accidents and work-related diseases have been of interest for a long time, due to lack of proper recording and notification systems the official numbers of occupational accidents and work-related diseases are missing for many countries. Presently, the demand for effectiveness and an interest in the economic aspects of accidents have increased prevention activiti...

Data on home accidents for a 3-year period (2000-2002) were collected from health houses, health centres and hospitals involved in a home accident prevention programme in Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran. A total of 15 402 accidents were registered, with a mortality rate of 1.3%. Accidents were more common in women than in men (52.1% versus 47.9%) and urban than rural areas (66.3% versus 33.7%)...