LEADER 05699nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910811951703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-22234-4 010 $a9786610222346 010 $a0-309-53408-9 010 $a0-585-15563-1 035 $a(CKB)110986584750694 035 $a(OCoLC)571387699 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10060475 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000179375 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11179335 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000179375 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10139410 035 $a(PQKB)10666371 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3376876 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3376876 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10060475 035 $a(OCoLC)940510298 035 $a(EXLCZ)99110986584750694 100 $a19851007d1985 ue 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aInjury in America $ea continuing public health problem /$fCommittee on Trauma Research, Commission on Life Science, National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cNational Academy Press$d1985 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 164 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aIncludes index. 311 0 $a0-309-07459-2 311 0 $a0-309-03545-7 320 $aBibliography: p. 119-138. 327 $aInjury In America -- Copyright -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- INJURY: MAGNITUDE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROBLEM -- EPIDEMIOLOGY OF INJURY: THE NEED FOR MORE ADEQUATE DATA -- Recommendations -- PREVENTION OF INJURY -- Recommendations -- INJURY BIOMECHANICS RESEARCH AND THE PREVENTION OF IMPACT INJURY -- Recommendations -- TREATMENT -- Recommendations -- REHABILITATION -- Recommendations -- CURRENT FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FOR INJURY-RELATED RESEARCH -- ADMINISTRATION OF INJURY RESEARCH -- 1 Injury: Magnitude and Characteristics of the Problem -- 2 Epidemiology of Injuries: the Need for More Adequate Data -- HUMAN FACTORS IN INJURY CAUSATION -- PRODUCT, VEHICLE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN INJURY CAUSATION -- ELEMENTS OF AN INJURY SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM -- EXISTING INJURY SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS AND THEIR LIMITATIONS -- EPIDEMIOLOGIC USES OF INJURY DATA -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- 3 Prevention of Injury -- GENERAL APPROACHES TO INJURY PREVENTION -- Education -- Laws -- Product and Environmental Design -- PREVENTION OF SPECIFIC TYPES OF INJURY -- Transportation Injuries -- Workplace Injuries -- Recreation Injuries -- Falls -- Fires and Burns -- Assaultive Injuries -- Self-Inflicted Injuries -- Relationship of Alcoholic Beverages To Injury -- STATUS OF INJURY-PREVENTION PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- 4 Injury Biomechanics Research and the Prevention of Impact Injury -- STATE OF INJURY BIOMECHANICS RESEARCH -- MECHANISMS OF INJURY -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- In Jury Mechanisms -- Measurement of Biomechanical Responses -- Tolerance -- Assessment of Safety Technology -- Other Factors in Injury -- CONCLUSIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- 5 Treatment -- PREHOSPITAL CARE -- HOSPITAL CARE -- Shock -- Neuroendocrine Response -- Infection -- CHARACTERISTICS OF INJURIES THAT REQUIRE TREATMENT -- Cellular Changes That Alter Function. 327 $aPhysical Alterations That Produce Major Problems -- Loss of an Organ -- CONCLUSIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- 6 Rehabilitation -- RESEARCH ISSUES AND NEEDS -- Musculoskeletal Injuries -- Pathophysiology of Soft-Tissue Injury and Nerve Regeneration -- Fracture Healing Processes -- Fracture Nonunion -- Microsurgical Techniques -- Structural and Ultrastructural Anatomy -- Bioengineering and Biomaterials -- Burns -- Pathophysiology of Fire-Related Gas Inhalation -- Problems in Cutaneous Debridement and Replacement -- Prevention and Control of Tissue Contractures and Hypertrophic Scarring -- Disabling Pain -- Psychosocial Research and Prosthetic Methods -- Second Injury of the Spinal Cord -- Training -- Transportation -- Preservation of Spinal-Cord Function -- Preservation of Residual Function -- Nerve Regeneration -- Pressure Sores -- Management of Pressure Sores -- Consequences of Injudicious Injury Care -- Management of Sequelae -- CONCLUSIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- 7 Current Federal Expenditures for Injury-Related Research -- 8 Administration of Injury Research -- CRITERIA FOR ORGANIZING INJURY RESEARCH -- FUNCTION OF A FEDERAL CENTER TO ADMINISTER INJURY RESEARCH -- LOCATION OF A FEDERAL CENTER TO ADMINISTER INJURY RESEARCH -- National Institutes of Health -- Department of Defense -- Department of Transportation -- National Bureau of Standards -- Centers for Disease Control -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- References -- Appendix A Recommendations For An Injury Research and Training Agenda -- SURVEILLANCE AND DATA COLLECTION -- PREVENTION -- BIOMECHANICS -- TREATMENT -- REHABILITATION -- TRAINING AND ORGANIZATION FOR INJURY CONTROL -- Appendix B Committee Biographies -- Index. 330 $aProvides a survey of what is known about injuries, and suggests that there is a vast need to know more. 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