Accidental Death and Disability

The Neglected Disease of Modern Society

Éditeur: National Academies Press
ISBN: 9780309075329
eISBN Pdf: 9780309592000
Lieu de publication: United States
Année de publication électronique: 1966
Mois : Septembre
Pages: 41
DDC: 614
Langue: Anglais

ACCIDENTAL DEATH AND DISABILITY: THE NEGLECTED DISEASE OF MODERN SOCIETY
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PREFACE
Contents
INTRODUCTION
- CONDUCT OF NATIONAL CONFERENCES ON EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
- ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL TRAUMA ASSOCIATION
- ORGANIZATION OF COMMUNITY COUNCILS ON EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
- FORMATION OF A NATIONAL COUNCIL ON ACCIDENT PREVENTION
- CREATION OF A NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TRAUMA
THE MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM
- DEATHS
- DISABILITY
- COSTS
- MEDICAL LOAD
ACCIDENT PREVENTION
- RECOMMENDATION
EMERGENCY FIRST AID AND MEDICAL CARE
- FIRST AID
  - RECOMMENDATIONS
- AMBULANCE SERVICES
  - RECOMMENDATIONS
- COMMUNICATION
  - RECOMMENDATIONS
- EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS
- ACCREDITATION AND CATEGORIZATION OF EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS
  - Type 1. The Advanced First Aid Facility
  - Type 2. The Limited Emergency Facility
  - Type 3. The Major Emergency Facility
  - Type 4. The Emergency Facility Combined with a Trauma Research Unit
  - RECOMMENDATIONS
- INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
  - RECOMMENDATION
THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRAUMA REGISTRIES
- RECOMMENDATIONS
HOSPITAL TRAUMA COMMITTEES
- RECOMMENDATION
CONVALESCENCE, DISABILITY, AND REHABILITATION
- RECOMMENDATIONS
- MEDICOLEGAL PROBLEMS
- RECOMMENDATIONS
CARE OF CASUALTIES UNDER CONDITIONS OF NATURAL DISASTER
- RECOMMENDATION
RESEARCH IN TRAUMA
- CURRENT STATUS OF RESEARCH SUPPORT
- POTENTIALS IN FUNDAMENTAL AND CLINICAL RESEARCH
- SPECIALIZED CENTERS FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH IN SHOCK AND TRAUMA
  - RECOMMENDATIONS
- SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS
- ACCIDENT PREVENTION
- EMERGENCY FIRST AID AND MEDICAL CARE
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRAUMA REGISTRIES
- HOSPITAL TRAUMA COMMITTEES
- CONVALESCENCE, DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
- MEDICOLEGAL PROBLEMS
- AUTOPSY OF THE VICTIM
- CARE OF CASUALTIES UNDER CONDITIONS OF NATURAL DISASTER
- RESEARCH IN TRAUMA
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