Search for dissertations about: "Major accidents"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 54 swedish dissertations containing the words Major accidents.
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1. Learning from accidents : Experience feedback in practice
Abstract : Experience feedback from accidents is important for preventive work in companies, authorities and other organisations. This thesis focused on experience feedback from accidents that take place in everyday life, in our neighbourhoods, in our workplaces, in our schools, in traffic and transportation. READ MORE
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2. Long-Term Posttraumatic Stress in Survivors from Disasters and Major Accidents
Abstract : Disasters and major accidents are a significant cause of distress worldwide. High levels of posttraumatic stress can become chronic after severe and prolonged psychological trauma, raising concerns about the extent of adverse long-term consequences after single events. READ MORE
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3. Injuries are not accidents! : an emergency-department population-based epidemiological study of injuries with special reference to trauma recidivism hip fractures and geriatric falls
Abstract : Injury is a major public health problem. In rich countries fall injures now kill more people than all other injury mechanisms together, because of global ageing and large-scale sustainable injury prevention programs for all other injury mechanisms but falls. READ MORE
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4. Cerebrovascular accidents associated with aortic manipulation during cardiac surgery
Abstract : Background: Despite the successful development in cardiac surgery, cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) remain a devastating complication. Aortic atherosclerosis has been identified as a major risk factor for CVA. READ MORE
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5. Maintenance-related incidents and accidents : aspects of hazard identification
Abstract : The satisfaction of stakeholders depends upon the fulfilment of their requirements. Two important stakeholder requirements related to technical systems are dependability and safety. However, system operation will gradually impair its performance leading to potentially hazardous states of the system. READ MORE