5052.0 Slip, trip, and fall-related injuries

Wednesday, November 10, 2010: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral
Moderator:
Santosh K. Verma, ScD, MPH, MBBS

8:30am
Risk Factors for Slipping in U.S. Limited-Service Restaurant Workers
Santosh K. Verma, ScD, MPH, MBBS, Wen R. Chang, PhD, Theodore K. Courtney, MS, CSP, David A. Lombardi, PhD, Yueng-hsiang (Emily) Huang, PhD, Melanye J. Brennan, MS, Murray A. Mittleman, DrPH, James Ware, PhD and Melissa J. Perry, ScD
8:50am
Fall-related injuries as a leading cause of injury among deployed Army soldiers
Shuva Dawadi, MPH, Keith G. Hauret, MSPH, MPT, Bonnie J. Taylor, PhD and Bruce H. Jones, MD, MPH
9:10am
Differential characteristics of same level fall injuries in a statewide trauma registry
Tracy Young, MS, James Torner, PhD, MS, Kirk E. Schmitt, MS, NREMT-P and Corinne Peek-Asa, PhD, MPH
9:30am
Outcomes of improved fall prevention training for apprentice carpenters
Brad Evanoff, MD, MPH, Vicki Kaskutas, MHS, OTR/L, Ann Marie Dale, OTR/L, PhD, John Gaal, D Ed, Mark Fuchs, BA and Hester J. Lipscomb, PhD

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Injury Control and Emergency Health Services

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)