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61. Electrical Injuries | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    These electrical injuries can be external or internal. You may have one or both types. … External injuries are skin burns . … Internal injuries include damage to your organs, bones, muscles, and nerves. … How bad your injuries are depends on how strong the electric current was, what type of current it was … when they bite or suck on electrical cords, or stick objects in outlets If you get an electrical injury

62. Missed injuries in trauma patients: a literature review. | PSNet
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    April 01, 2009 - Review Missed injuries in trauma patients: a literature review. … Missed injuries in trauma patients: A literature review. … Missed injuries in trauma patients: A literature review. … April 29, 2020 Surgeon commitment to trauma care decreases missed injuries. … September 27, 2017 Detection of missed injuries in a pediatric trauma center with the

63. 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

64. 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

65. I | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 07, 2025 - Implementation Individuals with Special Healthcare Needs Infectious Diseases Influenza Injuries … and Wounds Innovations and Emerging Issues Inpatient Care Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

66. 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.

67. 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.

68. 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.

69. 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

70. Statistical Brief #134
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    May 01, 2012 - Because more than one type of injury may be recorded, the sum of specific types of injuries may exceed … 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 … 234: Crushing injury or internal injury 235: Open wound of head and trunk 236: Open wound of extremity … Bite Wounds and Infection.

71. Hip Injuries and Disorders | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    August 20, 2013 - Pain Management Interventions for Hip Fracture Presentation Archived August 20, 2013 Pain Management Interventions for Hip Fracture Systematic Review Archived May 17, 2011 Nonsurgical Treatments for Urinary Incontinence in Adult Women: Diagnosis and Comparative Effectivenes…

72. Leg Injuries and Disorders | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    May 29, 2013 - Treatment Strategies for Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease Systematic Review Archived May 29, 2013 Preventing Complications and Treating Symptoms of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Systematic Review Archived March 24, 2017 Future Research Needs Projects Series Over…

73. Costs of medical injuries in Utah and Colorado. | PSNet
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    June 30, 2021 - Study Classic Costs of medical injuries in Utah and Colorado … Citation Text: Costs of medical injuries in Utah and Colorado. … Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Costs of medical injuries … June 30, 2021 Error reduction in trauma care: lessons from an anonymized, national, multicenter … February 18, 2011 Preventing medical injury.

74. 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

75. 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.

76. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - year following the index self-injury. … Keywords: Trauma, Injuries and Wounds, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Health Information Technology … Injuries and Wounds Ogletree AM , Mangrum R , Harris Y AHRQ Author: Bergofsky L Perfetto … Keywords: Children/Adolescents, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Emergency Department, Pain, Injuries and … Wounds, Medication, Opioids, Disparities Pagination « first « First ‹

77. Delayed or missed diagnosis of cervical spine injuries. | PSNet
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    May 05, 2010 - Delayed or Missed Diagnosis of Cervical Spine Injuries. … The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 2006;61(1). doi:10.1097/01.ta.0000196673.58429.2a … The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care . 2006; 61 (1) . … Delayed or Missed Diagnosis of Cervical Spine Injuries. … The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 2006;61(1). doi:10.1097/01.ta.0000196673.58429.2a

78. Spinal Cord Injuries | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    A spinal cord injury disrupts the signals. … Most injuries don't cut through your spinal cord. … Spinal cord injuries can be complete or incomplete. … With a complete spinal cord injury, the cord can't send signals below the level of the injury. … With an incomplete injury, you have some movement and sensation below the injury.

79. Module 5: How To Measure Pressure Injury Rates and Prevention Practices (doc file)
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    January 01, 2016 - Adipose (fat) is visible in the injury, and granulation tissue and epibole (rolled wound edges) are often … 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, and · Stage of the deepest injury. … The shadowing intervention included requiring two RNs to sign off on skin assessments and staging of wounds

80. Spine Injuries and Disorders | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    August 05, 2010 - Technical Brief: Use and Safety of Positional MRI in the Management of Patients with Musculoskeletal Pain Research Protocol Archived August 5, 2010 Early Imaging for Back Pain and Clinical Outcomes in Older Adults: A Brief Summary of Findings and Key Points for Clinician-Patient Discussions C…