Injury management

IVIaxillofacial Assess for fractures and soft-tissue injury. Management may be delayed until the patient is safely stabilized. Place a gastric tube orally in patients with suspected or confirmed facial fractures. Reassessment is necessary as facial fractures may not be identified early during the primary and secondary surveys. 

Hallbergson AF, Gnatenco C, Peterson DA (2003) Neurogenesis and brain injury Managing a renewable resource for repair. J Clin Invest 112 1128-1133. 

Chesnut RM. Avoidance of hypotension Conditio sine qua non of successful severe head-injury management. J Trauma 1997 42 S4-9. 

Kelly DE, Doberstein C, Becker DP. General principles of head injury management. In Narayan RK, Wilberger JE, Povlishock JT, eds. Neurotrauma. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1996 71-101. 

Habeck, Rochelle V. 1993. Achieving Quality and Value in Service to the Workplace. Work Injury Management 2(ji) 1,3-5. 

Broadly speaking, in the workplace there are three factors influencing exposure to injury management systems (methods and procedures), conditions... 

This is a confidential report (McKinnon, 2004) on injury management and lost-time injury (LTI) reduction by means of peer pressure and medical staff misdirection or intimidation. 

The principal effect of compensation pressures claims/injury management... 

Many injuries are relatively minor and result normally in only a few days off work. Firms which have adopted intensive claims/injury management practices discover that many of these cases may require medical treatment, bandaging for example, but not necessarily time off work. Even a cut which requires stitching or a back... 

It seems likely that the downward trend evident since the mid-1980s is to a considerable extent attributable to improved injury management, of the type described at Eastern Colliery. The Joint Coal Board has conducted seminars for colliery managers on how to reduce claims costs, and it is well known in the industry that some of the best LTIFRs have been achieved by strenuous efforts to keep the injured at work, on alternative duties if necessary. Joint Coal Board data provide evidence of the extent of this process. Between 1981 and 1992 the proportion of claims which resulted in lost time fell from 86 per cent to 56 per cent Ooint Coal Board 1992, p. 6). What this means is that, whereas in 1981 the great majority... 

Factors in an effective injury management system The rehabiiitation process and its roie... 

All of the team listed earlier, including the rehabilitation coordinator from the approved provider, are involved in the rehabilitation process. Rehabilitation coordinators have primary responsibility in the rehabilitation process and are involved in all of the elements of rehabilitation described in this section, Factors in an effective injury management system . It is their role to ensure that the appropriately qualified people are available to assist the injured worker according to the needs of that person and the stage in the rehabilitation process that he or she has reached. 

Although design criteria are addressed in the ASTM standards, the observation of playground activities can shed new light on injury management. Playground equipment pods have landings and clusters of activities that are age appropriate for the equipment. When adult access to an injured child is needed, some equipment... 

Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recordkeeping, as well as of best practices in injury management. Combining these issues into an injury management system will create an environment where employees can be returned to work as soon as possible following an injury while also controlling the costs associated with an injury. 

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