Archive for the ‘Injury’ Category

Guide to protect employees from workplace injury or harm

Posted on Sep 18, 2008 04:41:36 AM

Workplace safety guides must be an essential part to an organization’s training process for all new employees. Workplace safety information related to potential risks of injury or harm in public locations are posted by the organizations. These workplace health and safety templates help employees to know their surroundings better and tell others to remain as safe as possible during work.

Many government websites like the Occupational Safety & Health Administration provide their employers several options to make good health and safety standards for work and develop a sound working environment. The organization must provide workplace safety brochures to their employees when hiring them. Read the rest of this entry »

How to assess for a fracture?

Posted on Sep 13, 2007 11:14:50 PM

As anyone who has ever broken a bone already knows, broken bones are very painful. Not only are they painful, but they can also be very dangerous depending on where they are located.  So, even if you don’t have access to an x-ray machine, there are ways to tell if someone has a broken bone. This way, you can get them the proper medical attention quickly.

1. Look at the injury

First thing you want to do is take a look at the injury.  Do you see anything abnormal about the injured part? Usually, if something is broken there is some kind of deformity in the way that the injured part looks.  For example, if it is an arm, it may look as if the person has an extra elbow, or from the wrist to the forearm may zigzag instead of being straight.  Another sign of a break is bruising or discoloration in the skin and swelling.  Compare the injured part to its counterpart on the other side of the person and see if there are any big differences between the two.

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