Author : Richard Bracken
Publisher :
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 36,14 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Merchant marine
ISBN : 9780954201272
This illustrated guide is designed to assist in the prevention of personal injury onboard ship in line with the requirements of the International Safety Management Code. Designed for both corporate and personal use, the guide is illustrated throughout with cartoon characters to differentiate the rights and wrongs of working practices at sea. work planning and protective equipment to entry into enclosed spaces and mooring operations. A series of case studies is also included.
Author : Amy A. Eyler
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 26,69 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0190224657
Prevention, Policy, and Public Health provides a basic foundation for students, professionals, and researchers to be more effective in the policy arena. It offers information on the dynamics of the policymaking process, theoretical frameworks, analysis, and policy applications. It also offers coverage of advocacy and communication, the two most integral aspects of shaping policies for public health.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 22,39 MB
Release : 1985-01-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309035457
"Injury is a public health problem whose toll is unacceptable," claims this book from the Committee on Trauma Research. Although injuries kill more Americans from 1 to 34 years old than all diseases combined, little is spent on prevention and treatment research. In addition, between $75 billion and $100 billion each year is spent on injury-related health costs. Not only does the book provide a comprehensive survey of what is known about injuries, it suggests there is a vast need to know more. Injury in America traces findings on the epidemiology of injuries, prevention of injuries, injury biomechanics and the prevention of impact injury, treatment, rehabilitation, and administration of injury research.
Author : Lynda Doll
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 41,36 MB
Release : 2007-03-20
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0387294570
In the Handbook of Injury and Violence Prevention, over fifty experts present the current landscape of intervention methods - from risk reduction to rethinking social norms - as they address some of the most prevalent forms of accidental and violent injury. - Overview chapters examine the social and economic scope of unintentional and violent injury today - Extensive literature review of specific intervention programs to prevent violence and injury - Special chapters on childhood injuries, alcohol-related accidents, and disasters - "Interventions in the Field" section offers solid guidelines for implementing and improving existing programs - Critical analysis of issues involved in delivering programs to wider audiences - Helpful appendices list relevant agencies and professional resources This dual focus on intervention and application makes the Handbook a bedrock text for professionals involved in delivering or managing prevention programs. Its what-works-now approach gives it particular utility in the graduate classroom, and researchers will benefit from the critical attention paid to knowledge gaps in the field. It is a major resource for any reader committed to reducing the number of incidents just waiting to happen.
Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 37,14 MB
Release : 1998-12-21
Category : Medical
ISBN : 030917354X
Injuries are the leading cause of death and disability among people under age 35 in the United States. Despite great strides in injury prevention over the decades, injuries result in 150,000 deaths, 2.6 million hospitalizations, and 36 million visits to the emergency room each year. Reducing the Burden of Injury describes the cost and magnitude of the injury problem in America and looks critically at the current response by the public and private sectors, including: Data and surveillance needs. Research priorities. Trauma care systems development. Infrastructure support, including training for injury professionals. Firearm safety. Coordination among federal agencies. The authors define the field of injury and establish boundaries for the field regarding intentional injuries. This book highlights the crosscutting nature of the injury field, identifies opportunities to leverage resources and expertise of the numerous parties involved, and discusses issues regarding leadership at the federal level.
Author : National Safety Council
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,83 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Accidents
ISBN : 9780879122966
Author : Hermann O. Mayr
Publisher : Springer
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 47,28 MB
Release : 2015-09-24
Category : Medical
ISBN : 3662477068
This book, published in cooperation with ESSKA, is a comprehensive, evidence-based manual on the prevention of injuries and overuse in sports that will assist physicians, physiotherapists, and trainers in providing excellent mental and physical guidance to athletes. The causes of overuse and sports injuries are carefully analyzed, explaining the medical basis for prevention. In addition, detailed attention is paid to the relationship between sport motivation, risk willingness, tendency to overload, and tendency to increased risk of injury. The reader is effectively trained in mental and physical analysis of the athlete and will gain an appreciation of the influence of the athlete’s environment on susceptibility to injury. Gender-specific differences and the specific risks faced by children and adolescents are identified, and very popular sports such as soccer, alpine skiing, and throwing sports are discussed in individual chapters. Training schedules of value in the context of particular physiotherapeutic and medical interventions are described with the help of illustrations and charts. The authors are team physicians, coaches, sports scientists, training scientists, and physiotherapists involved in high-performance sports and recreational sports.
Author : Janet Horvath
Publisher : Playing (less) Hurt
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 17,13 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0971373507
How can musicians express themselves and recreate the great masterworks with ease and expressiveness and yet avoid injury in the process? Musicians face many challenges: a highly competitive environment, performance anxiety, demanding repertoire, years of solitary practice, and awkward postures. The hectic pace of rehearsals and performances when added to the mix often results in the very real risk of physical pain and injury. This book is a readable and comprehensive guide and reference for all concerned with pain in musical work: professional and amateur musicians, teachers and students, doctors and therapists. This book is essential for all musicians. String, keyboard, percussion, harp, brass and wind players will play better and feel better. Read about: Why it may hurt to play; Injury susceptibility quiz; Risk factors & danger signals; Hearing, back, disc, arm and shoulder problems; 10 onstage tricks; TMJ, teeth, larynx and joint laxity; Stretching & strengthening; Rehabilitation & work-hardening; Musician's survival kit; 10 do's & don'ts; Instrument modifications; Guide to safe practicing.
Author : Tom Christoffel
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 14,39 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780763733926
Health Behavior, Education, & Promotion
Author : M. M. Peden
Publisher : World Health Organization
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 15,43 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9241563575
Child injuries are largely absent from child survival initiatives presently on the global agenda. Through this report, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund and many partners have set out to elevate child injury to a priority for the global public health and development communities. It should be seen as a complement to the UN Secretary-General's study on violence against children released in late 2006 (that report addressed violence-related or intentional injuries). Both reports suggest that child injury and violence prevention programs need to be integrated into child survival and other broad strategies focused on improving the lives of children. Evidence demonstrates the dramatic successes in child injury prevention in countries which have made a concerted effort. These results make a case for increasing investments in human resources and institutional capacities. Implementing proven interventions could save more than a thousand children's lives a day.--p. vii.
