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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Accident victims"”.
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Retrospective analysis of blunt force trauma associated with fatal road traffic accidents in Cape Town (South Africa) over a two-year period
… and mortality rates in the form of road traffic accidents. In South Africa, there is a need to characterize road traffic accidents and the injuries associated with them, to determine the preventative mechanisms required to reduce their morbidity and mortality rates. A brief review of fatal road …
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Media induced anxiety in the active duty medical clinic setting: A pilot study
… had been focused on war veterans, rape/crime victims, and vehicle accident victims. Post- 9/11, a new surge of research has been focused on survivors, eyewitnesses, and media watchers to the extraordinary events that occurred on that historic day. The current news media stimuli of violent …
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Posttraumatic stress among children in automobile accidents
… of children (6-16 yrs) involved in automobile accidents were assessed an average of 9 months following the event. Measures included children's ratings of post traumatic symptoms on the Reaction Index, the Impact of Events Scale, and the Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents-Revised …
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The impact of barbiturate therapy in children with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI)
… were male (67.6%), and most were road traffic accident victims (71.6%). The average time from admission to initiation of thiopentone therapy was 48 hours; the average treatment duration was 4.8 days. On average, patients were extubated 5.3 days after cessation of thiopentone infusion; 20.3% …
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PTSD, Psychosomatische Komorbidität und Risikofaktoren bei Patienten mit akuter Unfallverletzung
Treatment and rehabilitation of accident victims is of great public interest because traumatic injuries are the main cause of invalidity or death, especially among young adults. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may be one of the main complications (besides other physical disorders) after …
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Liability Without Fault : An Analysis of the Scope of Workmen's Compensation With Specific Emphasis on its Development in Iowa
Several million persons become the victims of industrial accidents annually. The suffering of an occupational injury by a wage earner is a severe blow. His income may be temporarily or permanently interrupted while at the same time his expenses increase because of the need for medical care. In the …
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Attentional biases and PTSD symptomology in victims of sexual assault and motor vehicle accidents
… in the college population, motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) and sexual assaults. The flicker paradigm, used to measure change detection, was utilized to examine hypersensitivity to environments with threatening stimuli in individuals whom experienced either of these traumas. The paradigm …
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Train accidents: orthopaedic injury and management at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
… presentation at our hospital following train accidents. The literature describing the pattern of injuries and management following these accidents is sparse. In addition, the literature looking specifically at orthopaedic injuries and their management is lacking. The aim of this study was to …
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Psychische Traumatisierung bei Verkehrsunfallopfern
Jeder Vierte erleidet im Laufe seines Lebens einen Verkehrsunfall. Obwohl psychische Folgen verbreitet und vielfältig sind, bleiben sie oft unbeachtet oder ihnen wird erst Aufmerksamkeit zuteil, wenn wenn das Leiden oder die Beeinträchtigung durch sie zu stark werden oder die Symptomatik sich …
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Hubungan kematangan emosi dan persepsi risiko kecelakaan dengan aggressive driving pada pengendara motor di UIN Maliki Malang
… teens who indicated the majority of the most accident victims in juvenile rider. Aggressive riders who exhibit behaviors that tend to violate driving highway traffic , and the inability to manage emotions both on the road as other motorists yell , honk , following the car in front of him , …
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Transportation trauma and psychological morbidity: Anxiety, depression, PTSD and perceived control in a hospitalized sample.
Transportation-related collisions are ubiquitous and often traumatic. Identifying post-collision psychological distress and the characteristics of the collision survivor that lead to distress are vital to the development of early and appropriate interventions. The goals of this study were: 1) to …