Wounds and Injuries: News and Research on Crush Injuries

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Home Alone's 'Wet Bandits' are medical miracles

The festive movie season is upon us, and one of my perennial favorites is Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. I will die on this hill: it is better than the original. But rewatching it as an adult raises an awkward question. ...

New bra prevents wounds in women after sternotomy

A nurse-led initiative at a Denver hospital led to fewer complications for female patients recovering from open-heart surgery and decreased the wound incidence rate following sternotomies from 6.4% to 0.0%, according to a ...

Study finds COVID-19 pandemic worsened patient safety measures

A new study—published in Nursing Research—has found that the COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted patient safety indicators in U.S. hospitals. The study, from Penn Nursing's Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research ...