Earley Law Group reports how ICD-10 codes are used to classify slip-and-fall injuries for treatment, insurance, and liability ...
CDC reports over one million adults are injured nationwide every year due to slips and falls. This increases as the ...
This story was produced by Amy Ramirez-Leal and distributed by Next Net. Millions of people end up in the ER every year because of accidents that could have been prevented. The results are often ...
Spinal cord injury (SCI) poses substantial challenges not only through the direct loss of motor and sensory function but also via the heightened risk of falls, which can precipitate further injury and ...
A hospital trust says it has seen an increase in fall-related injuries during the icy weather. North Cumbria Integrated Care ...
The University of Surrey is designing flooring which softens when someone falls, to reduce the risk of broken bones or head injuries. Resembling standard synthetic tiles or rubber flooring, it would ...
Adding another type of fall is likely to increase the prevalence of falls for a facility, while changing how surveyors can interpret major and non-major injuries also could lead more providers to ...
Ladder producer Werner said Thursday that it is recalling more than 100,000 faulty units due to a locking mechanism that can fail, potentially causing users to fall and injure themselves. In ...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) was hospitalized on Thursday after suffering facial injuries from a fall during a walk near his home in Western Pennsylvania. According to a Fetterman spokesperson, the ...