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Injury prevention is an effort to prevent or reduce the severity of bodily injuries caused by external mechanisms, such as accidents, before they occur. Injury prevention is a component of safety and public health , and its goal is to improve the health of the population by preventing injuries and hence improving quality of life .
Repetitive injuries can be prevented by early medical intervention as an effective way to prevent permanent injury. [1] Injuries can be prevented by understanding proper body mechanics. [19] Correcting one's postures, avoiding abrupt and awkward movements will avoid acute injury. [1]
Depending on the severity of injury, quickness of management, and transportation to an appropriate medical facility (called a trauma center) may be necessary to prevent loss of life or limb. The initial assessment is critical, and involves a physical evaluation and also may include the use of imaging tools to determine the types of injuries ...
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This is done as an effort to prevent injury to the spinal cord [1] in unstable spinal fractures. [2] About 0.5-3% of people with blunt trauma will have a spine injury, [3] [4] with 42-50% of injuries due to motor vehicle accidents, 27-43% from falls or work injuries, and the rest due to sports injuries (9%) or assault (11%).
Dementia is a devastating disease that impacts one in 10 older Americans. But while many people want to avoid developing dementia, the exact causes of the condition have remained largely a mystery ...
Several other heroin addicts who died in 2013 were, like Ballard, still dealing with charges stemming from earlier overdoses at the time of their fatal ODs. It’s a cruel joke of Kentucky’s system that getting locked up for a heroin overdose may be easier than getting a Suboxone prescription to prevent one.