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21. Overview of Emergency Department Visits Related to Injuries, by Cause of Injury, 2017 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2021 - Overview of Emergency Department Visits Related to Injuries, by Cause of Injury, 2017 Injuries … In 2018, unintentional injuries were the leading cause of death among people ages 1 to 44 years. … While severe or untreated injuries can be fatal, most are nonfatal, and many are treated in emergency … The bar chart below presents statistics on ED visits related to injuries using AHRQ’s 2017 Nationwide … The chart shows the five most common types of injury and can be categorized by age, income, patient location

22. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2009 - for injury or damage.(1) Stedman's Medical Dictionary defines injury as "damage; wound; trauma" and … likewise defines trauma as "wound; an injury inflicted, usually more or less suddenly, by some physical … Other common errors in trauma care involve missed injuries. … In evaluating the extent of injury after penetrating wounds, we continue to be guided by an old saw, … wound.

23. | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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24. University of Missouri Health Care Decreases Pressure Injuries and Saves in Avoidable Costs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2024 - Implementation focused on MU Health Care’s 390-bed University Hospital, the only Level I trauma center … AHRQ toolkit, MU Health Care began this journey by assessing the need for hospital-acquired pressure injury … representatives from quality; data analytics; information technology; and content experts, such as wound … the head-to-toe skin assessment by two nurses known as 4E4H (4 eyes in 4 hours) and to utilize the wound … scout, a thermal imaging device that can identify possible deep tissue injury.

25. Statistical Brief #19
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    May 19, 2016 - Other common injury hospitalizations resulted from intracranial (brain) injuries (9.8 percent of injury … , such as the American College of Surgeons’ National Trauma Data Bank ( http://www.facs.org/trauma/ntdb … 10 Superficial injury, bruise 58,100 3.1% $4,300 3.0 0.5% 11 Open wounds of … than medicine 24,900 1.3% $5,700 2.8 1.2% 17 Joint disorders and dislocations due to trauma …             6 27,800 (4.0%) Open wounds of arms and legs 10 7,300 (3.4%)

26. Electrical Injuries | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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27. Emergency Department Visits Related to Eye Injuries, 2008 (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2011 - Characteristics of ED visits for eye injuries are compared to all other types of injury-related visits … Age, patient location, most common specific injuries and causes of injury are examined by types of … Trauma, United States Eye Injury Registry summary report, 1998 2002. … In contrast, the most common specific eye injuries resulting in admission from the ED included wounds … Bruise of orbital tissues (921.2) 4 42,576 6.7% 4 39,560 6.4% 2 3,016 15.2% Other specified open wound

28. Medical injuries among hospitalized children. | PSNet
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    February 15, 2017 - Study Medical injuries among hospitalized children. … Medical injuries among hospitalized children. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15(3):202-7. … This AHRQ–funded study applied new screening criteria to capture health care injuries that occurred before … Investigators used the Wisconsin Medical Injury Prevention Program (WMIPP) screening method to analyze … Medical injuries among hospitalized children. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15(3):202-7.

29. Surgeon commitment to trauma care decreases missed injuries. | PSNet
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    June 15, 2012 - Study Surgeon commitment to trauma care decreases missed injuries. … Surgeon commitment to trauma care decreases missed injuries. … Injury. 2014;45(1):83-7. doi:10.1016/j.injury.2012.10.019. … Surgeon commitment to trauma care decreases missed injuries. … June 25, 2009 Missed injuries in trauma patients: a literature review.

30. Statistical Brief #135: Emergency Department Visits and Hospital Inpatient Stays for Bicycle-Related Injuries, 2009 (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2012 - Fractures, open wounds, sprains and strains, intracranial injury and joint disorders and dislocations … Ten most common injuries in bicycle injury related ED visits, 2009 Principal diagnosis Bicycle-related … injury 6 21,300 5% Fracture of lower limb 7 14,400 3% Joint disorders and dislocations; trauma-related … Ten most common injuries in bicycle injury related hospital inpatient stays, 2009 Principal diagnosis … Skull and face fractures 6 1,800 6% Open wounds of head; neck; and trunk 7 600 2% Superficial injury

31. Module 5: How To Measure Pressure Injury Rates and Prevention Practices | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2017 - Additional Related Training Resources Wound Classification —AHRQ Pressure Injury Prevention Program … The wound may evolve rapidly to reveal the actual extent of tissue injury or may resolve without tissue … If you are not sure a skin lesion is a pressure injury, ask the Wound Care Team or Wound Care Nurse. … Number of injuries. Location of injuries. Stage of the deepest injury. … The shadowing intervention included requiring two RNs to sign off on skin assessments and staging of wounds

32. Sports Injuries | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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33. Inhalation Injuries | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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34. Back Injuries | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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35. Statistical Brief #136
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    June 01, 2012 - ED visits associated with firearm injury and assault were more likely to take place in a trauma center … age 31.2 43.3 27.7 29.8 30.0 Hospital characteristics (percentage distribution) Trauma … center Not a trauma center 44.5% 29.5% 21.3% 30.5% 30.8% Trauma center 55.5% … Open wounds of head, neck, and trunk were seen in 22.0 percent of other/undetermined firearm-related … of extremities 11,420 43% 270 7% 9,980 27% 2,590 31% Open wounds of head, neck, and trunk

36. Needlestick injuries among surgeons in training. | PSNet
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    November 26, 2008 - Study Needlestick injuries among surgeons in training. … Needlestick injuries among surgeons in training. N Engl J Med. 2007;356(26):2693-9. … This survey revealed that nearly all surgical residents experience a needlestick injury during their … Needlestick injuries among surgeons in training. N Engl J Med. 2007;356(26):2693-9. … November 12, 2014 Preventable morbidity at a mature trauma center.

37. I | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 12, 2025 - Implementation Individuals with Special Healthcare Needs Infectious Diseases Influenza Injuries … and Wounds Innovations and Emerging Issues Inpatient Care Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

38. Statistical Brief #75: Sports Injuries in Children Requiring Hospital Emergency Care, 2006 (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2009 - boys and girls: superficial injury (contusion), sprains and strains, arm fracture, open wounds of the … The fourth most common sports-injury visit for boys was open wounds of the head, neck, or trunk. … was a mix of other conditions and injuries not classified elsewhere (such as head injury, low blood … While crushing or internal injury was seen less frequently in the ED than other injuries, it resulted … and conditions due to external causes± 6,900 6,900 (99.6%) 30 (0.4%) 5 Open wounds of head, neck

39. Statistical Brief #134: Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations Associated with Animal Injuries, 2009 (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2012 - Bite Wounds and Infection. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 1992. 14(3): 633-638. … Inpatient stays for animal‐related injuries, by type of injury, 2009 Type of injury or  accident  … Most treat-and- release ED visits involved superficial injuries and contusions (33.0 percent), open wounds … /contusion  1,800 3.0  9  Intracranial injury 1,700 2.9  10  Open wound of head and trunk  1,500 2.4  … 234: Crushing injury or internal injury 235: Open wound of head and trunk 236: Open wound of extremity

40. Spinal Cord Injuries | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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