Accident

Sleep Disorder,The Likely Cause Of Most Road Accidents

Sleepiness accounts for 31 percent to 41 percent of the major crashes of commercial vehicles. According to recent research, the latest two step test // could make roads safer .The test is 91-percent accurate at predicting who has sleep apnea. The study was done to help predict which commercial drivers are at risk of sleep apnea and could fall asleep at the wheel. Sleep apnea is a serious...

A man who lost both of his arms in an accident

A man who lost both of his arms in an accident is getting some high-tech help with an innovative artificial limb that controls movements by thought. Two years ago, a healthy Jesse Sullivan, 56, was at his job repairing utility lines when he accidentally touched a live wire,// costing him both his arms up to his shoulders. Like most amputees, Sullivan was fitted with a traditi...

Diabetics increases likelihood of falling and associated accidental injury in elders

Falling is the leading cause of accidental death for elderly people. A new study conducted on the aging population has revealed that diabetics are four times more likely to fall than those who are not diabetic. // currently 150 million people are estimated to have type 2 diabetes, and the number is expected to reach 300 million people by 2025. Previous investigations have defined risk...

Alcohol And Drug Abuse (Cannabis) Leading Causes For Road Traffic Accidents

A new study reveals that the risk for a road traffic accident is significantly greater following consumption of even very small amounts of cannabis. Evidence of cannabis use were found in 7% of drivers // involved in fatal crashes by the French National Institute for Transport and Safety Research. These figures are comparatively lesser compared to drivers who consumed alcohol (21.4%). T...

Snowmobile accidents, on the rise in Canada

A study conducted by Margaret Keresteci said that young men who are under the influence of alcohol are at a very high risk of snowmobiling. Canadian Institute for Health Information said that the statistics reveal the truth that// most of the accidents happen in the month of February. The accidents due to snowmobiling are twice as those of snowboarding or skiing. In 2003-04 there were...

Road accidents greater threat than AIDS, TB: WHO

WHO (World Health Organisation) today projected that by 2020 road accidents will be the third highest threat to public health, outranking public health issues like tuberculosis, diarrhoea and HIV/AIDS.// In South Asia alone, road traffic fatalities are expected to increase from 135,000 in 2000 to 330,000 in 2020, a 144 percent increase in deaths from road crashes, according to a WHO rep...

Motor Vehicle Accidents in Men Related To BMI

Researchers at the Injury Research Center of the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee found that men with the highest body mass index (BMI) and those with the lowest BMI are at greatest risk of death from crashes. // Obesity and being slim increases male drivers risk of dying in a car crash. On the other hand being moderately overweight might help cushion the blow. Res...

Freak Cigarette Accident Claims a Male Victim

A 60 year old hospital patient died after a serious burn injury that occurred instantly after he lit a cigarette. // The patient was being treated with a flammable gel for a skin problem. Apparently, this accident took place when the victim was smoking in the fire escape. All other patients have expressed profound shock after the accident. Hospital staff has confirmed the adherence to...

Road Traffic Accidents Kill 4,000 people in Delhi

The poor driving skills of motorist has resulted in over 4,000 people dying in road traffic accidents in the Indian capital in the last three years// , said a senior Delhi Police official. "This city has a road length of around 1,500 sq km and it is difficult to control and coordinate the traffic if the standard of driving is not up to the mark," Qamar Ahmed, joint commissioner, traff...

New Delhi to Host Conference on Accident & Emergency Medical Treatment

New York. A three day conference on Accident and Emergency Medicine is being held in Delhi later this year with the help of Association of Indian-American and US doctors.// The objective of this conference is to impress upon the government and medical institutions the need for specialty faculties for emergency medicine and disaster preparedness. At a function held in the Indian Consula...

In A freak Accident A Father Severs His 4-Year Old Sons Foot

The doctors in Toronto are desperately trying to reattach the foot of a four-year-old boy. The boy had lost his foot in a freak accident that involved his father // riding over him on a lawn mover. According to York Region police the boys father had been riding a lawn mower when the boy came up unexpectedly behind him. Constable Laurie Perks explained that the father had put the mower...

More Accidents on England’s Road - Statistics Revea

According to hospital statistics, government figures show only half of the serious injuries are taking place on England's roads. But in reality many accidents// happen to occur on the busy roads of England. Government targets for England look to reduce by 40% overall the number of serious injuries and deaths on the nation's roads by 2010, (compared with a starting point - baseline - of...

Season for Ladder Accidents!!

According to a study by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), the number of injury cases due to ladder accidents //in London is more than double than that of Toronto's and is only slightly lower than that of northern Ontario. The study, released yesterday, reveals the seriousness of the issue with the data showing 8,366 Ontarians visiting hospital emergency departments a...

Age, Gender Major Factors in Severity of Auto-Accident Injuries

Understanding the differences among drivers in different gender and age categories is crucial to preventing serious injuries,// said researchers in a new study showing stark statistical differences in traffic-accident injuries depending on the gender and age of drivers. The new findings are especially important because the number of drivers 65 and older is expected to double by 2030 in...

The Rate of Accident Deaths Much Higher

The rate of accidental death seems to be creeping up slowly and has touched almost 12%, which is quite high when compared to the lowest figures recorded in 1992. This was reported on Thursday by the National Safety Council. The independent, nonprofit group warned that if the trend continues, the nation could surpass the all-time high of 116,385 accidental deaths, set in 1969....

Bob Woolmer Might Have Died of Accidental Drug and Alcohol Overdose

Bob Woolmer, the legendary cricket coach who died a bitter man in Jamaica on Sunday, might not have committed// suicide. A British newspaper reports that 'accidental drug and alcohol overdose' coupled with stress might have caused his sudden death. The 58-year-old coach was declared brought dead to hospital, little over an hour after he was found unconscious in his hotel...

Research to Protect Accident Victims from Epilepsy

A major research is on to devise ways and means of protecting the survivors of traumatic brain injuries from epilepsy. // For it has been estimated thousands of such survivors do develop epilepsy months or years later. The risk is especially high for certain kinds of war injuries. Studies of Vietnam veterans suggest up to 50 percent, says Dr. Nancy Temkin of the University of...

Accident Victims Often Need Psychological Help

A traffic accident can change a person's entire life from one moment to the next, and experts say the physical injury often takes less time// to heal than the psychological after-effects. "Every person reacts differently to shock," says Erneli Martens, a priest working for the emergency rescue services in the northern German port city of Hamburg. Clear indications that a p...

Maninder Says Wrist Injuries Were Sustained Accidentally

Former cricketer Maninder Singh, who was admitted to a hospital in East Delhi after he sustained injuries on his wrist on Saturday raising speculations of a suicide attempt by him, today said he sustained injuries accidentally. In a statement to the Delhi Police, Singh said that he had injured his wrist when the glass window panes broke when he banged his hands on them to wake his...

Not Only Mobile Phones, Even Passengers can Increase the Risk of Road Accidents

A new study has found that apart from using mobile phones while driving, even carrying more number of passengers in a vehicle could increase the risk of a crash. The study, by The George Institute for International Health, was intended to determine the danger of a crash related with passenger carriage compared with that of using a mobile phone while driving. And the r...

Girls Feet Severed in Amusement Park Accident

Accidents resulting from negligence are becoming common everywhere. Only last fortnight it was reported that a college-going girl fell from a height of 15 ft during a joyride and sustained grievous injuries in Chennai, capital of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. But for a tree branch which checked her fall, she would have crashed to death. There were no first aid facilities av...

Snacking While Driving Doubles Accident Rates

If you're thinking about munching on that snack while driving then don't, for a new study has found that eating at the wheel doubles the rates of accidents . Researchers at Brunel University carried out a study to see whether or not eating or drinking at the wheel has any effect on a person's reflexes while driving. They found they are nearly twice as likely to be taken by surprise...

Sleep Disorder Leads to Road Accidents

In addition to direct costs, sleep disorders are also costing the nation a lot of money indirectly, through road accidents and accidents at work, Dr Kerr said . Griffith University has been working with Queensland Health and the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) to reduce the cost of sleep disorders. Often general practitioners do not have enough information or are not well equip...