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A “mechanical fall” implies that an object or force in the patient's external environment caused the fall to occur. However, the use of this term may result in a failure to conduct a thorough evaluation of intrinsic factors related to the fall.
Falling is the action of a person or animal losing stability and ending up in a lower position, often on the ground. It is the second-leading cause of accidental death worldwide and a major cause of personal injury, especially for the elderly. [4]
Other definitions are more inclusive and do not exclude "major intrinsic events" as a fall. [6] Falls are of concern within medical treatment facilities. Fall prevention is usually a priority in healthcare settings. [7] A 2006 review of literature identified the need for standardization of falls taxonomy due to the variation within research. [8]
E804 Fall in, on, or from railway train; Excludes: Fall related to collision, derailment, or explosion of railway train (E800-E803) E805 Hit by rolling stock; Includes: Knocked down, run over, crushed; injured of killed by railway train or part of it Excludes: Pedestrian hit by object set in motion by railway train (E806.-)
Musculoskeletal injury spans into a large variety of medical specialties including orthopedic surgery (with diseases such as arthritis requiring surgery), sports medicine, [5] emergency medicine (acute presentations of joint and muscular pain) and rheumatology (in rheumatological diseases that affect joints such as rheumatoid arthritis).
Traumatic brain injury is defined as damage to the brain resulting from external mechanical force, such as rapid acceleration or deceleration, impact, blast waves, or penetration by a projectile. [10] Brain function is temporarily or permanently impaired and structural damage may or may not be detectable with current technology. [11]
Ivana Trump cause of death: 'Blunt impact injuries' due to fall, medical examiner rules. Raechal Shewfelt. July 15, 2022 at 5:25 PM. Ivana Trump was 73.
Much of medical practice, including emergency medicine and pain management, is dedicated to the treatment of injuries. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The World Health Organization has developed a classification of injuries in humans by categories including mechanism, objects/substances producing injury, place of occurrence, activity when injured and the role of ...