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1. Injuries and Wounds | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   Topic: Injuries and Wounds AHRQ wound research centers on pressure ulcers. … For more information on Injuries and Wounds, you may want to visit Patient Safety Net (PSNet)  and

2. Wounds and Injuries | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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3. Exhibit 2.10. Injuries
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   January 01, 2005 - Injuries Exhibit 2.10. … Crushing injury or internal injury 105.7 16,900 6.7 3.4 233 Intracranial injury (brain … Skull and face fractures 52.6 9,600 3.4 0.4 225 Joint disorders and dislocations, trauma-related … due to external causes 101.7 7,000 3.5 3.3 235 Open wounds of head, neck, and trunk … Skull and face fractures 3.216 350 0.093207 0.071 225 Joint disorders and dislocations, trauma-related

4. Exhibit 2.10. Injuries
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   January 01, 2005 - Injuries Exhibit 2.10. … Injuries Number of Discharges and Percent Change in Discharges with a Principal Diagnosis of Injuries … Sprains and strains 74.6 44.9 2.702 1.468 -39.9% 225 Joint disorders and dislocations, trauma-related … 53.5 32.5 2.358 1.157 -39.3% 235 Open wounds of head, neck, and trunk 45.1 38.2 … 3.679 2.207 -15.4% 236 Open wounds of extremities (arms and legs) 53.9 50.3 2.528

5. Best Practices in Pressure Injury Prevention
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   June 02, 2025 - Best Practices in Pressure Injury Prevention Best Practices in Pressure Injury Prevention ADD Hospital … literature and expert opinion—that represent the best ways we currently know of preventing pressure injuries … assessment. 10 Barriers to Practice Finding time for skin assessments Determining correct etiology of wounds … Page 42 14 Pressure Injury risk assessment BEST PRACTICE 15 Pressure Injury Risk Assessment Next … Care planning guides what will be done to prevent pressure injuries. 23 Pressure Injury care planning

6. Missing Trauma | PSNet
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   March 03, 2011 - 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 … 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.

7. Overview of Emergency Department Visits Related to Injuries, by Cause of Injury, 2017 (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2017 - ED Visits All ED visits ED visits related to injuries With cause of injury No cause of injury … to injuries, by cause of injury, 2017 Table 1 presents the population rate of ED visits related to injuries … ED visits related to injuries for which a cause of injury was reported. … organ injury, initial encounter INJ011 Open wounds of head and neck, initial encounter INJ012 Open … wounds to limbs, initial encounter INJ013 Open wounds of trunk, initial encounter INJ014 Amputation

8. Pressure Injury Prevention Program Implementation Guide (doc file)
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   October 01, 2017 - Collect and analyze data to learn about pressure injury rates and causes of pressure injuries. … device-related pressure injuries, mucosal injuries, and how they differ from regular pressure injuries … injuries. … and wound care. … prevention education targeted to different types of nurses Simulation with a mannequin to educate on wounds

9. Missing the Point—Eye Injury | PSNet
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   March 01, 2005 - Missing the Point—Eye Injury. PSNet [internet]. … protection, and both globe and intracranial injury are therefore common concomitant injuries. … Lacerations and wounds involving the eyelid must be carefully evaluated for possible globe and intracranial … Work-related eye injuries treated in hospital emergency departments in the US. … Computed tomography in the diagnosis and prognosis of open-globe injuries.

10. Preventing medical injury. | PSNet
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    February 18, 2011 - Study Classic Preventing medical injury. … Preventing medical injury. … The authors conclude by proposing areas to target to reduce iatrogenic injury. … Preventing medical injury. … September 7, 2022 Changes in error patterns in unanticipated trauma deaths during 20

11. 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

12. Module 3: Best Practices in Pressure Injury Prevention (doc file)
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    June 02, 2025 - Any patient with an existing pressure injury is at risk for additional injuries. · Determine whether … Int Wound J 2010;7:358-65. PMID:20561094. … as possible, integrate the skin exam into the normal workflow. · Determine the correct etiology of wounds … · Consider having a wound care expert or nurse from another unit with wound expertise round with unit … SAY: The answer is the wound or ostomy nurse consult revealed a slightly pink coccyx.

13. Preventing Pressure Injuries in Hospitals
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    June 16, 2017 - Preventing Pressure Injuries in Hospitals Preventing Pressure Injuries in Hospitals ADD Name of Hospital … Most pressure injuries are preventable. … How do you measure pressure injury rates and pressure injury prevention practices? … patients, which includes skin and pressure ulcer assessment as part of all aspects of patient care needs Wound … Care Team Interdisciplinary group of experts who provide day-to-day care of skin and wound needs Implementation

14. HCUP Statistical Brief #19: Common Injuries That Result in Hospitalization, 2004 (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2006 - 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.html … and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/state/costtocharge.jsp 3 http://www.facs.org/trauma … $4,300 3.0 0.5% 11 Open wounds of arms and legs 57,500 3.0% $7,100 3.6 0.2% 12 Skull and face fractures … 54,900 2.9% $9,700 3.6 0.6% 13 Sprains and strains 53,200 2.8% $4,600 2.3 * 14 Open wounds of

15. 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.

16. Traumatic Brain Injury and Depression (pdf file)
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    January 30, 2014 - [Title/Abstract])"OR"head"injury[Title/Abstract])"OR"traumatic"brain" injury[Title/Abstract])"OR"traumatic"brain"injuries … We" excluded"studies"of"individuals"with"penetrating"head"injuries"because"penetrating"injury,"such … " as"gunshot"wounds,"create"specific"and"severe"tissue"damage"along"the"course"of"the"injury"as" … " lead"us"to"exclude"studies"of"penetrating"head"injuries"from"this"review … $Predictors$of$psychiatric$disorders$following$traumatic$brain$ injury.$The!Journal!of!head!trauma!

17. Module 3: Best Practices in Pressure Injury Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureinjury/workshop/guide3.html
    October 01, 2017 - Risk Factors for Pressure Injuries: Going Beyond Validated Instruments —AHRQ Pressure Injury Prevention … Any patient with an existing pressure injury is at risk for additional injuries. … Int Wound J 2010;7:358-65. PMID:20561094. … Determine the correct etiology of wounds. Many lesions may occur on the skin. … Consider having a wound care expert or nurse from another unit with wound expertise round with unit staff

18. Traumatic-Brain-Injury-Rehabilitation Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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    October 25, 2010 - (noncongenital) injury caused by sudden trauma to the brain. 1 TBI is a significant public health … Further, TBI has been called the ―signature wound‖ of modern-day military conflicts. 3 As of July … injury, lesion location, open versus closed wound, level of impairment, et cetera. … The epidemiology of traumatic brain injury. J Head Trauma Rehabil 2010 Mar-Apr; 25(2):72-80. … J Head Trauma Rehabil 1999 Apr;14(2):176-88. PMID: 10191375. 9. Kraus J, Chu L.

19. Traumatic Brain Injury and Depression (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/depression-brain-injury_executive.pdf
    April 01, 2011 - billion each year.6 Among individuals who sustain a TBI, approximately 50,000 die each year of their injuries … estimating risk in those settings, they cannot be generalized to the base population of all those with injuries … Definition of mild traumatic brain injury. J Head Trauma Rehabil 1993;8:86–88. 4. Okie S. … The enigma of “hidden” traumatic brain injury. J Head Trauma Rehabil 1998 Dec;13(6):39–56. 85. … Psychiatric disorders and functional disability in outpatients with traumatic brain injuries.

20. Physiologic Predictors of the Need for Trauma Center Care: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    May 31, 2017 - , 2.5 million were due to trauma complications and unspecified injuries.1 Pathways of care for trauma … with severe trauma (injury severity score > 15). … and Injuries"/ 2 (prehospital or trauma or traumatic).mp. 3 exp Emergency Medical Services … and Injuries"/ 2 (prehospital or trauma or traumatic).mp. 3 exp Emergency Medical Services … and Injuries+") S2 (MH "Trauma+") S3 (MH "Prehospital Care") S4 (MH "Emergency Medical Services