Injury patterns of mass casualty incidents involving high-speed passenger ferries presenting to accident and emergency departments in Hong Kong: a retrospective review

Lam, Rex Pui Kin; Wong, Ronald Tat Ming; Lau, Eric H. Y.; Wong, K. Y.; Cheung, Arthur Chi Kin; Chaang, Vi Ka; Chen, Lujie; Tsang, Tat Chi; Chan, Tak Kuen; Chee, Peter Pay Yun; Ko, Frank Hiu Fai; Leung, Chin San; Yang, Siu Ming

doi:10.1016/j.injury.2019.12.001

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“…Because drowning during transport is often coded as transportation death and not as drowning death, other sources than ICD codes had to be used to understand the incidence of transportation drowning [ 5 , 84 ]. The causes vary and include recreational boating [ 85 , 86 ], fishing [ 87 – 89 ], public transport by water [ 84 , 88 ], high speed crafts [ 90 ], cruise ships [ 91 ] as well as snow mobiles [ 23 , 92 , 93 ], submerged cars [ 94 – 97 ], and cars trapped in floods [ 26 , 98 ]. The Dutch Institute for Road Safety Research (Stichting Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Verkeersveiligheid: SWOV) reports traffic accidents, including traffic accidents that end in water.…”

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Fatal drowning statistics from the Netherlands – an example of an aggregated demographic profile

Bierens

Hoogenboezem

2022

BMC Public Health

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Introduction Incompleteness of fatal drowning statistics is a familiar problem impeding public health measures. Part of the problem may be that only data on accidental drowning are used and not the full potential of accessible data. Methods This study combines cause-of-death certificates and public prosecutor’s court documents between 1998 and 2017 to obtain an aggregated profile. Data are also used as a basis for a trend analysis. Results The dataset includes 5571 drowned persons (1.69 per 100,000). The highest risk group are persons above the age of 50. Demographic differences are observed between suicide by drowning, accidental drowning, and drowning due to transportation (0.72, 0.64, 0.28 per 100.000) and between native Dutch, and Dutch with western and non-western background (1.46, 1.43, 1.76 per 100.000). Non-residents account for another 12.2%. When comparing the periods 1998–2007 with 2008–2017, the Standard Mortality declines for suicide drowning and accidental drowning among persons with a native Dutch and non-western background. Single regression analysis confirms a decrease of drowning over the full period, breakpoint analysis shows an increase in the incidence of the total number of drowning, suicide by drowning and accidental drowning starting in 2007, 2008 resp. 2012. Discussion Compared to the formal number of fatal accidental drowning in the Netherlands (n = 1718; incidence 0.52 per 100,000), the study identifies 350% more drowning. Differences in demographic data and the recent increase needs to be explored for public health interventions.

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Fatal drowning statistics from the Netherlands – an example of an aggregated demographic profile

Bierens

Hoogenboezem

2022

BMC Public Health

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IOT System to Limit Speed Rate by Using GPS and RF Devices

Athab

Daghal

2020

IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng.

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Since automotive production has been concerned more with fast than ever. Therefore, vehicle accidents are steadily rising because of the increasing number of accidents due to the reckless high speed or caused by the increasing of road obstacles. So, these problems cannot be avoided as a result of that speed. Consequently, it is important to shape an auxiliary system to monitor the vehicles and calculate its speed as required using the GIS maps. These vehicles via messages know the parts covered by the speed reduction. The messages whether received from the controls planted in those zones or by the use of a GPS device to determine the vehicle’s location, then it will decide to decrease the speed or not.

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Recommendations for nonantidote medications needed in the emergency department during a mass casualty incident

Gregory

Aljadeed

Desai

et al. 2023

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

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Injury patterns of mass casualty incidents involving high-speed passenger ferries presenting to accident and emergency departments in Hong Kong: a retrospective review

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References 12 publications

Fatal drowning statistics from the Netherlands – an example of an aggregated demographic profile

Fatal drowning statistics from the Netherlands – an example of an aggregated demographic profile

IOT System to Limit Speed Rate by Using GPS and RF Devices

Recommendations for nonantidote medications needed in the emergency department during a mass casualty incident

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