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41. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    January 31, 2024 - In a study of 165 patients undergoing wound exploration after hand laceration, 32% of tendon injuries … Explore wounds for evidence of arterial bleeding, foreign body, tendon injury, and arthrotomy. … If a tendon injury cannot be ruled out after wound exploration and functional testing, assume an occult … injury exists. … Medico-legal risks associated to hand and wrist trauma. World J Crit Care Med. 2022;11(1):40-47.

42. How To Measure Pressure Injury Rates and Prevention Practices
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    June 02, 2025 - injuries. … with a red-pink wound bed No slough 9 Stage 3 Full-thickness tissue loss Visible subcutaneous fat … If not sure, ask the Wound Care Team or Nurse. 16 Measures Measures used in monitoring pressure injury … Document the results of the assessment, noting: Presence of an injury. Number of injuries. … of injuries) 17 patients with any pressure injury # of patients with a >Stage 2 pressure injury 5 patients

43. Statistical Brief #84: Emergency Department Visits Associated with Motor Vehicle Accidents, 2006 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2010 - More serious injuries such as internal injury of the thorax, abdomen, and pelvis were considerably … , superficial injuries, open wounds, certain traumatic complications and unspecified injuries, intracranial … wounds were more common (figure 1). … 413,921 11.8% 4 Open Wounds 356,432 10.2% 5 Certain Traumatic Complications and Unspecified Injuries … Open Wounds Certain Traumatic Complications Intracranial Injury Neck and Trunk Fracture Upper

44. Module 4: How To Implement the Pressure Injury Prevention Program in Your Organization | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2017 - Implementation Planning Goals Determine the roles and responsibilities of staff in preventing pressure injuries … Slide 13: Wound Care Team Role Serves as this hospital’s content experts on pressure injury prevention … Bimonthly Unit Champion pressure injury prevention/ wound care lunch and learn sessions. … Braden risk assessment and patient comorbidity review. 5 in 5 Visual Assessment Tool for pressure injuries … Wound Care Team, and Implementation Team in preventing pressure injuries.

45. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    March 27, 2024 - In the meantime, the patient continued to bleed from her right ankle wound. … Empiric MTP based on the patient’s hypotension, active bleeding from her leg wound, and altered mental … Retrohepatic IVC and hepatic vein injuries are amongst the most fatal injuries encountered in trauma … Gunshot wounds to the liver: no longer a mandatory operation. … The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) Liver Injury Grade does not equally predict

46. 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

47. Spotlight
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    January 01, 2024 - healing.2 17 17 General Approach to Wounds (4) Eliciting the mechanism of injury will identify factors … the possibility of injury to deeper structures causing neurovascular injuries, fractures, or, for the … , arterial injury, open fracture, and foreign material.4,5 19 19 General Approach to Wounds (6) … manage potential foreign bodies, clinicians should have a low threshold for involving an experienced trauma … Primary closure versus delayed closure for non bite traumatic wounds within 24 hours post injury.

48. Birth Trauma Rate – Injury to Neonate Technical Specifications (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2014 - Birth Trauma Rate – Injury to Neonate Technical Specifications … Rate – Injury to Neonate www.qualityindicators.ahrq.gov Birth Trauma Rate – Injury to Neonate Technical … injuries per 1,000 newborns. … Birth Trauma Rate – Injury to Neonate Technical Specifications Patient Safety Indicators 17 (PSI 17 … injuries per 1,000 newborns.

49. A Laceration that Needed a Proper Exam, Not an X-Ray | PSNet
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    November 25, 2020 - In a study of 165 patients undergoing wound exploration after hand laceration, 32% of tendon injuries … Explore wounds for evidence of arterial bleeding, foreign body, tendon injury, and arthrotomy. … If a tendon injury cannot be ruled out after wound exploration and functional testing, assume an occult … injury exists. … Medico-legal risks associated to hand and wrist trauma.

50. Module 1: Preventing Pressure Injuries in Hospitals—Understanding Why Change Is Needed | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2017 - Pressure injuries are preventable, but pressure injury rates continue to escalate. … In addition, pressure injuries cause pain and, in some cases, late-stage pressure injuries lead to life-threatening … reductions in rates and stages of pressure injuries. … This sparked interest in a physician member of the board who has expertise in wound care. … The Prevention Implementation Team, wound care experts, and patient care unit staff need to work together

51. How To Implement the Pressure Injury Prevention Program in Your Organization
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/module4/module4_pu-implementation_slides.pptx
    June 02, 2025 - Implementation Planning Goals Determine the roles and responsibilities of staff in preventing pressure injuries … What role will the Unit Team and Wound Care Team play? What role will the Unit Champions play? … Unit staff tell the Wound Care Team about high-risk patients or if skin problems occur. … Braden risk assessment and patient comorbidity review 5 in 5 Visual Assessment Tool for pressure injuries … Care Team, and Implementation Team in preventing pressure injuries Importance of the Unit Champions

52. 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

53. Module 4: How To Implement the Pressure Injury Prevention Program in Your Organization (doc file)
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    June 02, 2025 - answering the following questions: · What roles and responsibilities will staff have in preventing pressure injuries … · What role will the Wound Care Team play? What if the hospital has no formal Wound Care Team? … implementation, such as determining the roles and responsibilities of staff in preventing pressure injuries … A Wound Care Team usually: · Serves as the hospital’s content experts on pressure injury prevention. … Braden risk assessment and patient comorbidity review. · 5 in 5 Visual Assessment Tool for pressure injuries

54. Root cause analysis for hospital-acquired pressure injury. | PSNet
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    July 07, 2021 - Root cause analysis for hospital-acquired pressure injury. … J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs. 2019;46(4):298-304. doi:10.1097/WON.0000000000000546. … J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs . 2019; 46 (4) :298-304 . … Root cause analysis for hospital-acquired pressure injury. … J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs. 2019;46(4):298-304. doi:10.1097/WON.0000000000000546.

55. Appendix C. Training and Learning Network Webinars | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2017 - Wound Classification Presented by Karen Zulkowski, D.N.S., RN. … This webinar discusses how to assess and measure a wound. … National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) Clinical Practice Guidelines specific to nutrition in wound … from regular pressure injuries. … injuries.

56. Statistical Brief #119: Emergency Department Visits for Injuries Caused by Air and Paintball Guns, 2008 (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2011 - Ocular Trauma and Visual Outcome Secondary to Paintball Projectiles. … (37.3 percent); superficial injuries (36.0 percent) and open wounds of head, neck and trunk (23.4 … to extremities (37.3 percent), followed by superficial injuries (36.0 percent), and open wounds to … air gun injuries compared to 10.1 percent of paintball injuries) and open wounds of extremities (seen … injury, contusion (239) 2 7,315 36.0% 2 6,927 35.1% 1 388 63.2% Open wounds of head, neck and trunk

57. HCUP Statistical Brief #18: Frequency and Costs of Hospital Admissions for Injury, 2004 (pdf file)
    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb18.pdf
    November 01, 2006 - include conditions such as fractures, dislocations, open wounds, sprains and strains, burns, head … injuries, and spinal cord injuries. … Hospital stays for injuries, by age The distribution of hospital stays for injury varied by age (figure … Hospital stays for injuries, by primary payer In 2004, 12.2 percent of injury stays were uninsured, … , such as the American College of Surgeons’ National Trauma Data Bank (http://www.facs.org/trauma/ntdb.html

58. Module 1: Preventing Pressure Injuries in Hospitals (doc file)
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    July 12, 2017 - Module 1: Preventing Pressure Injuries in Hospitals Module 1: Preventing Pressure Injuries in Hospitals … Pressure injuries are preventable, but pressure injury rates continue to escalate. … In addition, pressure injuries cause pain and, in some cases, late-stage pressure injuries lead to life-threatening … This sparked interest in a physician member of the board who has expertise in wound care. … The Prevention Implementation Team, wound care experts, and patient care unit staff need to work together

59. Spotlight (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/trocar_injury_final.pdf
    January 01, 2022 - have a 15% mortality rate, and account for 81% of trocar injury-related deaths. – Bowel injuries occur … Recognizing Injury (3) 31 • When an operation is completed without any known accompanying injuries, … laparotomy and delayed wound closure … Unintended retention of drain material in contaminated wounds is a known problem, but studies documenting … J Trauma. 2007;62(4):1051-1052. [Available at] 17. Anagnostakos K, Thiery A, Sahan I.

60. Statistical Brief #75: Sports Injuries in Children Requiring Hospital Emergency Care, 2006 (pdf file)
    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb75.pdf
    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