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1. Errors in Managing an Open Wound of the Elbow Leading to Multiple Complications and Operations | PSNet
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   September 27, 2023 - Both the past medical history and the history of the injury itself are important to ascertain. … Past medical history identifies patient-level risk factors that affect wound healing. … causing neurovascular injuries, fractures, or, for the torso, hemopneumothorax or intra-abdominal injury … The wound examination and discussion with the patient should be clearly documented in the medical record … Primary closure versus delayed closure for non bite traumatic wounds within 24 hours post injury.

2. Fecal Contamination of the Peritoneum from Laparoscopic Trocar Injury: A Routine Operation Goes Wrong. | PSNet
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   March 03, 2021 - cases, have a 15% mortality rate, and account for 81% of trocar injury-related deaths. 3,4 Bowel injuries … Conclusion The patient in this case had a complicated medical history and anatomy. … 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 ] Anagnostakos K, Thiery A, Sahan I.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. High delayed and missed injury rate after inter-hospital transfer of severely injured trauma patients. | PSNet
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   December 02, 2020 - High delayed and missed injury rate after inter-hospital transfer of severely injured trauma patients … Missed injuries and delayed diagnoses are an ongoing problem in trauma care. … injured patients increases the risk of delayed detection of injuries. … High delayed and missed injury rate after inter-hospital transfer of severely injured trauma patients … 21, 2022 How communication "failed" or "saved the day": counterfactual accounts of medical

6. Intraosseous Line Extravasation in a Pediatric Trauma Patient | PSNet
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   September 29, 2021 - Her wounds led to significant blood loss. … transferred to the OR for surgical exploration, debridement, and possible closure of her traumatic wounds … Many procedures and medical interventions are associated with known risks and complications. … Injury . 2017;48:S22–S25. [ Available at ] Shuler MS, Reisman WM, Kinsey TL, et al. … Injury . 1994;25(6):379–81. [ Free full text ] Günal I, Köse N, Gürer D.

7. Safety in the Prehospital Emergency Medical Services Setting | PSNet
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   May 01, 2019 - Many calls for EMS assistance involve critical or potentially critical injury or illness like trauma, … Occupational injuries and exposures among emergency medical services workers. … Teammate familiarity and risk of injury in emergency medical services. … Teammate familiarity, teamwork, and risk of workplace injury in emergency medical services teams. … "She's hypotensive because she has a gunshot wound in her armpit that I didn't find because I didn't

8. Falling Through the Crack (in the Bedrails) | PSNet
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   February 19, 2020 - an overall safety plan to protect her from injury. … The cost of serious fall-related injuries at three Midwestern hospitals. … Data & Statistics (WISQARS): Cost of Injury Reports. … J Emerg Trauma Shock. 2013;6:241-245. [go to PubMed] 23. Chevron V, M? … ice, cleaning of a wound, limb elevation, topical medication, bruise, or abrasion resulting from a fall

9. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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   January 04, 2024 - clear injury without a plausible trauma mechanism or an underlying medical condition that predisposes … one to injury. … encounter injured children should commit to ongoing education and training on how to evaluate these injuries … Federation of State Medical Boards. Continuing Medical Education. Board-by-Board Overview. … Implementation of a brain injury screen MRI for infants at risk for abusive head trauma.

10. The nature of adverse events in hospitalized patients. Results of the Harvard Medical Practice Study II. | PSNet
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    February 18, 2011 - The authors analyzed the nature of injuries sustained in a cohort of hospitalized patients in New York … Physician reviewers evaluated 1133 injury cases with respect to negligence, errors in management, and … The reviewers found complications from medications were most common, followed by wound infections and … February 18, 2011 The economic consequences of medical injuries: implications for a no-fault … March 20, 2013 Preventing medical injury.

11. Root cause analysis to identify contributing factors for the development of hospital acquired pressure injuries. | PSNet
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    July 20, 2022 - July 20, 2022 A case of transfusion error in a trauma patient with subsequent root cause … June 15, 2016 Root cause analysis for hospital-acquired pressure injury. … November 24, 2021 Communication failures contributing to patient injury in anaesthesia … Estimating the economic cost of nurse sensitive adverse events amongst patients in medical … September 30, 2020 Root cause analysis for hospital-acquired pressure injury.

12. Addressing prehospital patient safety using the science of injury prevention and control. | PSNet
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    April 12, 2019 - Addressing prehospital patient safety using the science of injury prevention and control. … This commentary discusses patient safety in emergency medical services (EMS) and illustrates how injury … Addressing prehospital patient safety using the science of injury prevention and control. … review, meta-analysis, and practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma … patient outcomes: a validation of audit filters for prehospital trauma care.

13. 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. … July 31, 2023 Factors associated with diagnostic error: an analysis of closed medical … April 29, 2020 Surgeon commitment to trauma care decreases missed injuries.

14. Delayed Symptomatic Subdural Hematoma Following an Initially Normal CT Head | PSNet
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    March 27, 2024 - The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) defines an ineligible company as “ … related to this CME activity which has been mitigated through UC Davis Health, Office of Continuing Medical … His past medical history was notable only for hypertension managed with amlodipine. … In this case, the patient did not seek medical help for another two weeks, which probably contributed … Patients should always be counseled after head injury to seek medical advice immediately if there is

15. Radiology Missed an Intracranial Bleed in a Lethargic Infant. | PSNet
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    August 21, 2016 - clear injury without a plausible trauma mechanism or an underlying medical condition that predisposes … one to injury. … encounter injured children should commit to ongoing education and training on how to evaluate these injuries … Continuing Medical Education. Board-by-Board Overview . … Implementation of a brain injury screen MRI for infants at risk for abusive head trauma.

16. System approach to prevent common bile duct injury and enhance performance of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. | PSNet
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    March 09, 2009 - Commentary System approach to prevent common bile duct injury and enhance performance … System approach to prevent common bile duct injury and enhance performance of laparoscopic cholecystectomy … System approach to prevent common bile duct injury and enhance performance of laparoscopic cholecystectomy … July 23, 2012 Surgeon commitment to trauma care decreases missed injuries. … mechanism in preventing infection caused by accompanying caregivers during COVID-19-experience of a city medical

17. A Tale of Two Falls | PSNet
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    March 27, 2024 - She sustained head trauma, blunt trauma of the cervical spine, right rib fractures, and a right femur … We do not know if the patient’s fall at home resulted in head trauma, which may have predisposed her … second case or contributed to a worse injury. … of injury. … Prevalence, risk factors and outcomes associated with physical restraint in acute medical inpatients

18. A Cognitive and Communication Blind Spot Contributes to Permanent Paralysis | PSNet
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    January 13, 2010 - The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) defines an ineligible company as “ … considerations for and against administering prophylactic anticoagulation to patients with acute traumatic injuries … He had multiple orthopedic injuries and was relatively immobile for several days. 12 Anticoagulation … Patient safety issues from information overload in electronic medical records. … Trauma Data Bank.

19. A critical review: moral injury in nurses in the aftermath of a patient safety incident. | PSNet
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    July 22, 2020 - A critical review: moral injury in nurses in the aftermath of a patient safety incident. … December 22, 2018 Misdiagnosis, mistreatment, and harm - when medical care ignores social … July 22, 2013 Patient safety events in out-of-hospital paediatric airway management: a medical … November 23, 2016 Emergency medical services provider pediatric adverse event rate varies … September 14, 2022 Toward constructive change after making a medical error: recovery

20. Incidence of adverse events and negligence in hospitalized patients. Results of the Harvard Medical Practice Study I. | PSNet
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    February 18, 2011 - Results of the Harvard Medical Practice Study I. … As part of a multidisciplinary study of malpractice and medical injury, the Harvard Medical Practice … Study set forth to estimate the incidence of injuries caused by medical management and those resulting … of more than 30,000 randomly selected acute care hospitalized cases was used to obtain estimates of injuries … February 18, 2011 Preventing medical injury.