Also called: Also called: Traumatic injuries

Start Here

• Burns and Traumatic Injury(National Institutes of Health) - Links to PDF - http://www.nih.gov/about/researchresultsforthepublic/BurnsandTraumaticInjury.pdf
• Injury - A Risk at Any Stage of Life(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - Links to PDF - http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/fact_book/Injury—A%20Risk%20at%20Any%20Stage%20of%20Life-2006.pdf

Overviews

• 10 Facts on Injuries and Violence(World Health Organization) - http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/injuries/en/index.html

Latest News

• More Kids Being Hurt by Falling Furniture(05/04/2009, HealthDay) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_83764.html
• Obese Children More Likely to Suffer Lower Body Injuries(05/02/2009, HealthDay) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_83747.html
• Accidental EpiPen Injections Becoming More Common(04/13/2009, Reuters Health) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_82871.html

Treatment

• Object in Eye or Skin, First Aid(Logical Images) - http://www.visualdxhealth.com/firstaid/firstAidForeignObjectinEyeorSkin.htm
• Splinter, First Aid(Logical Images) - http://www.visualdxhealth.com/firstaid/firstAidSplinter.htm

Prevention/Screening

• How Can Injuries Be Prevented?(World Health Organization) - http://www.who.int/features/qa/36/en/index.html
  Also available in Spanish http://www.who.int/features/qa/36/es/index.html

Specific Conditions

• Electrical and Lightning Injuries(Merck & Co., Inc.) - http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec24/ch293/ch293a.html
• Injury Topics and Fact Sheets(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/cmprfact.htm
• Nerve Injuries(American Society for Surgery of the Hand) - http://www.assh.org/Public/HandConditions/Pages/NerveInjuries.aspx

Related Issues

• Injury Response(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/injuryresponse/index.html
• Prevent Injury After a Disaster(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://emergency.cdc.gov/disasters/injury/facts.asp
• Traveler's Health: Illness and Injury Abroad(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/contentIllnessInjuryAbroad.aspx

Health Check Tools

• Chest Injury(DSHI Systems) - http://www.freemd.com/chest-injury/visit-virtual-doctor.htm

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Wounds and Injuries(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/condition=%22Wounds+and+Injuries%22

Journal Articles

• Article: Statin adherence and risk of accidents: a cautionary tale. - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=19349320&tool=MedlinePlus
• Article: Health Protection Agency wants action to reduce children's accidents and... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=19332444&tool=MedlinePlus
• Article: The WalkSafe Program: developing and evaluating the educational component. - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=19276724&tool=MedlinePlus
• Injuries -- see more articles - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=search&db=pubmed&term=(accident+proneness[majr]+OR+accidents[mh:noexp]+OR+accident+prevention[mh:noexp]+OR+(wounds,gunshot[mh]+AND+accidents[majr]))+NOT+accidents,home[mh]+AND+english[la]+AND+humans[mh]+AND+(patient+education+handout[pt]+OR+guideline[pt]+OR+clinical+trial[pt]+OR+jsubsetk[text]+OR+jsubsetaim[text]+OR+jsubsetn[text])+NOT+(editorial[pt]+OR+case+reports[pt]+OR+letter[pt])&doptcmdl=summary&cmd_current=Limits&pmfilter_EDatLimit=last+1+Year&tool=MedlinePlus
• Accidents at home -- see more articles - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=search&db=pubmed&term=accidents,home[mh]+AND+english[la]+NOT+(letter[pt]+OR+editorial[pt])&doptcmdl=summary&cmd_current=Limits&pmfilter_EDatLimit=last+1+Year&tool=MedlinePlus

Organizations

• American Red Cross - http://www.redcross.org/
  Also available in Spanish http://www.cruzrojaamericana.org/
• Federal Emergency Management Agency - http://www.fema.gov/
  Also available in Spanish http://www.fema.gov/spanish/index_spa.shtm
• National Center for Injury Prevention and Control(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/injury/
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/
  Also available in Spanish http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/niosh/

Statistics

• Economic Costs of Injuries(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/CostBook/Cost_of_Injury.htm
• FastStats: Accidents/Unintentional Injuries(National Center for Health Statistics) - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/acc-inj.htm
• FastStats: All Injuries(National Center for Health Statistics) - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/injury.htm
• Fatal Injuries: Mortality Reports(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://webapp.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/mortrate.html
• Nonfatal Injuries: Nonfatal Injury Reports(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://webappa.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/nfirates.html
• Report on Injuries in America(National Safety Council) - http://www.nsc.org/lrs/injuriesinamerica08.aspx
• State Occupational Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities(Bureau of Labor Statistics) - http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshstate.htm
• Three Leading Causes of Injury Mortality in the United States 1999 - 2005(National Center for Health Statistics) - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hestats/injury99-05/injury99-05.htm
• Trauma and Shock(National Institute of General Medical Sciences) - http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Publications/Factsheet_Trauma.htm

Children

• Airway Obstruction(Safe Kids Worldwide) - http://www.usa.safekids.org/tier3_cd.cfm?folder_id=540&content_item_id=991
• Bike Injury(Safe Kids Worldwide) - http://www.usa.safekids.org/tier3_cd.cfm?folder_id=540&content_item_id=1010
• Childhood Injury(Safe Kids Worldwide) - http://www.usa.safekids.org/tier3_cd.cfm?folder_id=540&content_item_id=1030
• Children at Risk(Safe Kids Worldwide) - http://www.usa.safekids.org/tier3_cd.cfm?folder_id=540&content_item_id=1031
• Firearm Injury (Unintentional)(Safe Kids Worldwide) - http://www.usa.safekids.org/tier3_cd.cfm?folder_id=540&content_item_id=1131
• Injury Facts: Rural Injury(Safe Kids Worldwide) - http://www.usa.safekids.org/tier3_cd.cfm?folder_id=540&content_item_id=1153
• Pedestrian Safety(Safe Kids Worldwide) - Links to PDF - http://www.usa.safekids.org/content_documents/FactSheet_Pedestrian.pdf
• Playground Injuries(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/playgr.htm
• Recreational Injury(Safe Kids Worldwide) - http://www.usa.safekids.org/tier3_cd.cfm?folder_id=540&content_item_id=9530
• School Injuries(Safe Kids Worldwide) - http://www.usa.safekids.org/tier3_cd.cfm?folder_id=540&content_item_id=1170
• Toy Injury(Safe Kids Worldwide) - http://www.usa.safekids.org/tier3_cd.cfm?folder_id=540&content_item_id=1212
• Trends in Unintentional Childhood Injury Prevention(Safe Kids Worldwide) - http://www.usa.safekids.org/tier3_cd.cfm?folder_id=540&content_item_id=1213

Teenagers

• Working Safely: Advice for Teens(American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/children/teens/prevention/454.printerview.html
  Also available in Spanish http://familydoctor.org/online/famdoces/home/children/teens/prevention/454.printerview.html

Seniors

• Injuries among Older Adults(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/olderadults.htm

You may also be interested in these MedlinePlus related pages:

• Child Safety - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childsafety.html
• Falls - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/falls.html
• First Aid - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/firstaid.html
• Motor Vehicle Safety - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/motorvehiclesafety.html
• Occupational Health - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/occupationalhealth.html
• Safety - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/safety.html
• Injuries and Wounds - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/injuriesandwounds.html
• Safety Issues - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/safetyissues.html