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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/access/access-slides.html
June 01, 2018 - Distribution of trauma center utilization (Level I and II) for severe injuries in the United States, … Slide 26
Trauma Center Utilization for Severe Injuries
Trauma care systems were developed to … Level II: Provide initial definitive trauma care regardless of the severity of the injury. … Image: Chart shows distribution of trauma center utilization (level I and II) for severe injuries in … Image: Chart shows distribution of trauma center utilization (Level I and II) for severe injuries in
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb179-Emergency-Department-Trends.pdf
November 01, 2013 - Department Sample (NEDS), 2006 and 2011
■ The rates of ED visits decreased for the two most common minor trauma … 2011 was intracranial injury. … ■ Many injuries appear on the top 20 list of conditions with the greatest decreases in rates. … Injuries with significant declines in the rate of ED visits included poisoning by nonmedicinal
substances … (19 percent); open wounds of the extremities (18 percent); open wounds of the head,
neck, and trunk
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/-YHCmR_8bdShSaMTx6Mrgx
Cohorts should
include populations at
higher risk of falls and fall-
related injuries, such as
Native … Cohorts
should include populations
at higher risk of falls and
fall-related injuries, such as
Native … o Emergency
department visits
for fall-related
injuries
o Institutionalizations
(e.g., transition … • Mortality (all-cause
and fall-related)
• Fall-related
morbidity, defined as:
o Fall-related injuries … o Quality of life
(validated
instruments)
o Hospitalizations for
fall-related injuries
o Emergency
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/advancing-patient-safety.html
March 01, 2024 - Liability (PSML) Initiative to address four goals: (1) putting patient safety first by reducing preventable injuries … better communication between doctors and patients, (3) ensuring fair and timely compensation for medical injuries
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73363/psn-pdf
June 09, 2021 - Shift-to-shift nursing handover interventions associated
with improved inpatient outcomes - falls, pressure
injuries … shift nursing handover interventions associated with improved inpatient
outcomes—falls, pressure injuries … nursing handover interventions result in improved
patient outcomes (i.e., patient falls, pressure injuries
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41609/psn-pdf
October 11, 2012 - Beating the weekend trend: increased mortality in older
adult traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients … One exception appears to be trauma, as a prior study found equal
outcomes in patients with traumatic … injuries regardless of the day of admission, a finding ascribed to the
protocolized and closely supervised … nature of trauma care. … study is that
the authors were not able to analyze outcomes for patients cared for at specialized trauma
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/made-whole-efficacy-legal-redress-black-women-who-have-suffered-injuries-medical-bias
February 23, 2022 - Commentary
Made whole: the efficacy of legal redress for black women who have suffered injuries … Citation Text:
Made whole: the efficacy of legal redress for black women who have suffered injuries … Citation
Citation Text:
Made whole: the efficacy of legal redress for black women who have suffered injuries
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventable-deaths-patients-admitted-emergency-department
September 27, 2017 - Citation
Related Resources From the Same Author(s)
Surgeon commitment to trauma … care decreases missed injuries. … August 4, 2021
A randomized trial of a multifactorial strategy to prevent serious fall injuries … February 7, 2018
Surgeon commitment to trauma care decreases missed injuries.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND-0576-150420.pdf
December 10, 2014 - the comparative effectiveness of strategies to de-escalate
Summary: aggressive behavior and prevent injury … behavior
Intervention(s): Use of restraint and seclusion to de-escalate aggressive behavior and
prevent injury … what is the
comparative effectiveness of strategies to de-escalate aggressive behavior and prevent
injury … for leaving the room
or area.
§ The use of restraints and seclusion has the potential for patient injuries … , staff injuries, loss of dignity,
violation of rights, and even death.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45592/psn-pdf
October 27, 2016 - preventing-patient-falls-systematic-approach-joint-commission-center-transforming-healthcare
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-falls-and-fall-related-injuries-health-care-facilities … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-falls-injury
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/root-cause-analysis … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/6-pack-programme-decrease-fall-injuries-acute-hospitals-cluster-randomised-controlled-trial
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/diagnostic-accuracy-emergency-nurse-practitioners-versus-physicians-related-minor-illnesses
April 13, 2022 - Diagnostic accuracy of emergency nurse practitioners versus physicians related to minor illnesses and injuries … Diagnostic accuracy of emergency nurse practitioners versus physicians related to minor illnesses and injuries … Diagnostic accuracy of emergency nurse practitioners versus physicians related to minor illnesses and injuries
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39545/psn-pdf
May 19, 2010 - Surgical robot examined in injuries.
May 19, 2010
Carreyrou J. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/surgical-robot-examined-injuries
This newspaper article discusses complications … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/surgical-robot-examined-injuries
https://psnet.ahrq.gov//#productionpressure
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36248/psn-pdf
September 13, 2006 - Regulating compensation for injuries associated with
medical error. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/regulating-compensation-injuries-associated-medical-error
The author discusses … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/regulating-compensation-injuries-associated-medical-error
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38731/psn-pdf
April 30, 2014 - https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventable-morbidity-mature-trauma-center
Patient safety in trauma poses … quality improvement initiatives included unintended
extubations, surgical technical failures, missed injuries … of a missed patient injury. … patient-safety-trauma-maximal-impact-management-errors-level-i-trauma-center
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patterns-technical-error-among-surgical-malpractice-claims-analysis-strategies-prevent-injury
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2004_06Addendum.pdf
January 01, 2004 - The percentage of injury discharges with an injury E code is defined as:
# of records with an injury … for identifying ICD-9-CM injury diagnoses and Injury E Codes are provided in Table
1 and Table 2. … dislocations; sprains and strains; intracranial injury; internal
injury of thorax, abdomen, and pelvis … ; open wound of the head, neck,
trunk, upper limb, and lower limb; injury to blood vessels; late effects … and spinal cord; traumatic
complications and unspecified injuries; poisoning and toxic effects of
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www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/advances2/vol1/advances-hook_25.pdf
February 26, 2008 - , impaired physical
mobility, accidental injuries, patient safety, safety management, injury control … None: Patient had no injuries resulting from the fall. … Minor: Resulted in application of a dressing, ice, cleaning of a wound, limb
elevation, or topical … Complications
of preinjury warfarin use in the trauma patient. J
Trauma 2003; 54: 842-847.
36. … Minor head
trauma in anticoagulated patients. Acad Emerg Med
1999; 6: 121-124.
38.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Hook_25.pdf
February 26, 2008 - , impaired physical
mobility, accidental injuries, patient safety, safety management, injury control … None: Patient had no injuries resulting from the fall. … Minor: Resulted in application of a dressing, ice, cleaning of a wound, limb
elevation, or topical … Complications
of preinjury warfarin use in the trauma patient. J
Trauma 2003; 54: 842-847.
36. … Minor head
trauma in anticoagulated patients. Acad Emerg Med
1999; 6: 121-124.
38.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/falls-prevention-in-older-adults-interventions-2018
October 22, 2015 - adults at average or high risk for falls, used alone or in combination, reduce falls or falls-related injury … Excluded
Aim
Trials with the primary or secondary aim of reducing falls or falls-related injuries … care (e.g., community-dwelling adults recruited from emergency department visits for falls-related injuries … (all-cause and falls-related)
Falls-related morbidity, defined as:
Falls-related fracture injuries … Emergency department visits for falls-related injuries
Institutionalizations (e.g., transition from
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/neds/NEDSIntroduction2021.pdf
March 01, 2024 - Number of Injuries by Type of Injury-Related ED Visit, NEDS and NEISS-AIP, 2021... … provided by level I and II trauma centers versus injury-related services provided
by level III trauma … providing
counts of injuries seen in the ED. … Number of Injuries by Type of Injury-Related ED Visit, NEDS and NEISS-AIP, 2021
Type of
Injury-
Related … - ED
Visit
NEDS
(All Injuries)a
NEDS
(Initial Encounter
for Injuries)b
NEISS-AIPc
Number
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-david-w-bates-about-are-we-safer-today
February 26, 2025 - What we found in our recent study was that one in four patients suffers an injury during a hospitalization … will develop a dangerous pressure injury. … Most of the things that come into the emergency room are not ankle injuries. … But if you are seeing a patient with an ankle injury, it should be underscored that there is a rule so … AI to figure out how severe the injury has been.