Injury Infection and Critical Care

New injury infection and critical care data have been reported by scientists at University of Michigan

Published in Hospital Business Week, September 14th, 2008

According to a study from the United States, "Trauma centers are an ideal site to conduct screening and intervention programs that target risk taking behaviors. We hypothesized that a parent/child-centered intervention is a feasible method of injury prevention for a level one pediatric trauma center."

"The study was conducted in children aged 7 years to 17 years at two level one pediatric trauma centers. The high-risk behaviors targeted were (i) not always using a seat belt, (ii) not always using a bicycle helmet, or (iii) placing children under 12 in the front seat of the car. Those patients who had a positive screening test underwent a brief intervention. Experimental...

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Source: Hospital Business Week (2008-09-14)

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