Injuries

Treatment of wounds, trauma, and other disorders caused by external forces rather than disorders of an organic or pathological nature.

Resources in this category:

burnsurgery.com
http://www.burnsurgery.com

"Burnsurgery.com is designed to provide comprehensive, up-to-date educational tools for burn care professionals throughout the world. As the science and clinical care of burn patients rapidly evolves, we hope that this site will provide an additional tool for burn care professionals to disseminate improvements in burn care."

Dr. Pribut's Running Injuries Page
http://www.drpribut.com/sports/sportframe.html

This page consists of an index of articles written by Dr. Stephen Pribut about all aspects of running. He covers training styles, equipment needs, and related injuries. There is also a list of podiatric links. Users may e-mail Dr. Pribut with specific running questions.

Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) Web-Based Encyclopedia
http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/

The FARS webpage features a chart of national motor vehicle traffic crash data from 1994-2002. In addition, users may down load NHTSA statistical reports and query the FARS database.

Injury Prevention Web
http://www.injuryprevention.org/

From the Injury Prevention Web homepage: "The Injury Prevention Web hosts the Web sites of several agencies and organizations working to prevent injuries. This site contains a weekly literature update of recent journal articles and agency reports, injury data for every U.S. state, more than 1400 links to government and non-profit injury prevention sites worldwide, suggestions of books for your library, and the gateway for information about scheduled NIITS teleconference sessions."

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/

From the CDC's NCIPC website: "The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) works  to reduce morbidity, disability, mortality, and costs associated with injuries." Information available on this site includes: injury fact sheets, the Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS), injury maps, and downloadable charts with mortality and morbidity data.

NHTSA Injury Prevention
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/portal/site/nhtsa/menuitem.5928da45...

This page is a product of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Information available on this site includes traffic safety fact sheets, Traffic Safety Facts-Traffic Tech, and links to various NHTSA programs.

Spine-health.com
http://www.spine-health.com/

Spine-health.com is an independent, peer-reviewed "spine medicine portal" that seeks to provide clear, non-commercial patient education about back pain and spine medicine. Information featured on the site includes the following topics: causes of back pain, diagnosis, spinal anatomy, "conservative care," spine surgery, and research.

World Health Organization Injuries and Violence Prevention
http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/en/

From the WHO Injuries webpage: "The WHO Department of Injuries and Violence Prevention acts as a facilitating authority for international science-based efforts to promote safety and prevent violence and unintentional injuries and mitigate their consequences as major threats to public health and human development."