Cent Of Accidents Research Articles

Are we ready to hand over the steering wheel? [Self-driving cars

The main cause of traffic accidents is human error, but sorting out the tech challenges of driverless cars solves only half the problem. There are a multitude of reasons automated technology could benefit us. An estimated 90 per cent of accidents are caused by driver error.The idea of a self-driving vehicle isn't new. In the 1960s researchers at the Transport and Road Research Laboratory in Berkshire developed a'self-driving' Citroen DS car that was able to follow a series of magnetic cables embedded in the road. Since then, the industry has followed an evolutionary approach, gradually adding elements of automated technology to vehicles, like parking and lane sensors. Some of the technology, like telematics, has been around for over a decade. Telematics itself is a catch-all term for the converging of telecommunications technology with informatics. In recent times, this has led to a whole host of new developments, including parking sensors, GPS navigation, and automatic driver-assistance technology.

Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice in the Maritime Environment: Implications for Educators

Teaching courses on the maritime environment involves addressing theoretical and practical aspects of the sea environment, including safety and pollution issues, as well as daily marinerelated shipboard operations. According to recent statistics, human error appeared to contribute to 80 per cent of accidents at sea. It is important that conscious attempts are made to bridge the gap between theoretical instruction and practical application in order to avoid such accidents. Introducing more sea time for officers and cadets during their training could broaden the way they perceive theoretical concepts and their practical application because it would bring about a deeper level of understanding.The use of marine simulators combined with traditional instruction appears also to be an effective and comprehensive method of facilitating learning. Marine simulators not only offer close-to-reality training in many important safety and operationally-related tasks without any physical risk to the ship or trainee, but t...

Acute poisoning: initial management and sources of information.

Poisoning is responsible for 2-3 per cent of attendances to urban A&F. departments in the UK each year ( MacNamara et al 1996 ). It accounts for about 7 per cent of accidents in children under five years of age ( Consumer Safety Unit 1995 ). The National Poison Information Service (NPIS) deals with hundreds of emergency telephone enquiries every day. and the number of such calls has risen sharply in recent years. Figure 1 demonstrates the annual call load of NPIS (London). A&E nurses account for 42 per cent of these telephone enquiries.

Accidents in the community: a role for the primary care team?

The aims of this prospective study were to examine the incidence, circumstances and process of care of patients sustaining accidents within a registered practice population of 53,587 with a view to directing preventa tive initiatives. It involved three rural and three urban practices and included all accidents sustained by patients which were reported either directly to primary care or indirectly via Accident & Emergency depart ments over a three-month period. An overall accident rate of 117.6 per thousand registered patients per year was recorded; most of these accidents were minor. Major accidents were most likely to occur at home. Accidents were commonest in patients under 30 (62.4%) and in males (61.5%). Those aged 0-4 or 60+, and females, were at greater risk of domestic accidents. One third of accidents resulted from falls and 10 per cent of accidents resulted in a fracture. Ninety-one per cent of urban patients presented initially to an Accident & Emergency department following an accident, compared with 44 per cent of rural patients. Given that sporting/leisure activity accounts for 40 per cent of all accidents, there is a need for greater supervision and improvements in protective clothing. As most accidents happen in the home and involve the young and the elderly, there would seem to be a role for the primary care team in addressing accident prevention as part of child health and elderly surveillance programmes. There is also a need to identify a suitable means of educating patients about the appropriateness of attending their doctor (as an alternative to an A & E department) with minor trauma. There is scope for increased involvement of practice nurses in this field.

Chemical burns

This study reports the incidence and nature of chemical burns admitted to a large regional burns unit between 1 January 1981 and 31 December 1987. Of the 3251 patients admitted, 100 had sustained chemical burns; although they only comprised 3.1 per cent of the workload they accounted for 16.5 per cent of all industrial burning accidents. The victims were mainly male adults of working age. Alkaline materials caused 37 per cent of the accidents, 26 per cent attributable to caustic soda; acids caused a further 27 per cent, hydrofluoric acid accounting for half of these. The nature of the chemical was unknown in 13 per cent of the cases; this, together with the fact that workers were often unaware that they were using hazardous substances gives cause for concern. The methods for managing a diverse range of chemical burns are described.

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AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS IN A RURAL AREA TRAVERSED BY A TRANSCONTINENTAL HIGHWAY

An automobile accident in the open country is far more likely to result in serious injury and death than is a collision on the congested highways of a metropolitan district. In New York State during the past three years 8,022 persons were killed and 298,846 were injured by motor vehicles. Greater New York, with 55 per cent of the population of the state, was credited with 60 per cent of the accidents but only 30 per cent of the fatalities.1During these same three years rural New York, with 15 per cent of the population, was credited with 40 per cent of the fatal accidents. The surgical staff of the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, N. Y., is in a particularly favorable position for the study of automobile accidents in a rural area. The village is situated in the eastern central part of the state, 10 miles south

AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS IN A RURAL AREA TRAVERSED BY A TRANSCONTINENTAL HIGHWAY

An automobile accident in the open country is far more likely to result in serious injury and death than is a collision on the congested highways of a metropolitan district. In New York State during the past three years 8,022 persons were killed and 298,846 were injured by motor vehicles. Greater New York, with 55 per cent of the population of the state, was credited with 60 per cent of the accidents but only 30 per cent of the fatalities.1During these same three years rural New York, with 15 per cent of the population, was credited with 40 per cent of the fatal accidents. The surgical staff of the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, N. Y., is in a particularly favorable position for the study of automobile accidents in a rural area. The village is situated in the eastern central part of the state, 10 miles south