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Category: Trauma

Coronavirus, Trauma

Speeders Take Over Empty Roads — With Fatal Consequences

April 20, 2020

Despite the deserted roads, some states are experiencing a spike in traffic deaths.

Child Health, Trauma

Book, binders… and bleed-control kits

December 11, 2019

How School Shootings Are Changing Classroom Basics

Trauma

Jiu-jitsu move may be lifesaver for trauma victims

January 7, 2019

A martial-arts maneuver can reduce blood loss in someone who has sustained a significant wound, suggests a small, proof-of-concept study.

Injury Prevention, Marijuana, Public Health, Trauma

To be blunt: Don’t drive high

December 20, 2018

Driving while high doubles your chance of getting in a crash — and it’s illegal.

Child Health, Injury Prevention, Public Health, Trauma

1 in 7 child deaths in US due to guns

December 20, 2018

America lost 20,360 children and teens in 2016, 60 % of them to preventable injuries: 4,000 died in car crashes; firearms claimed the lives of more than 3,140.

Emergency Medicine, Health Costs, Health Insurance, Trauma

Taken For A Ride: After ATV Crash, Doctor Gets $56,603 Bill For Air Ambulance Trip

September 26, 2018

While still lying in the hospital, the air ambulance company told him the ride would likely cost more than $50,000 and asked him how he planned to pay.

Brain and Nervous System, Dementia, Injury Prevention, Seniors, Trauma

Unlocked And Loaded: Families Confront Dementia And Guns

June 27, 2018

There has been debate about how to prevent people with mental illness from acquiring guns. But what seniors with declining mental faculties who have guns?

Injury Prevention, Public Health, Trauma

Public Health and medical community pledge to decrease gun violence

June 21, 2018

Public Health – Seattle & King County is joining with leading medical associations to form a new collaboration with a renewed commitment to decrease firearm-related injury and deaths.

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