HSCI 215- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 30 pages long!)

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSCI 215
• Professor: Mandana Salajegheh

Document Summary

Injury (who definition) - damage to the body caused by acute exposure to physical agents (eg. mechanical energy, heat, electricity, chemicals n ionizing radiation) Major causes of injury: traffic collisions, drowning, poisoning. % global mortality due to injury = 9. 2: % has been constant over past 40 years = no progress made to prevent deaths. Unintentional injuries: road traffic injuries, poisoning, drowning, other unintentional injuries. Exposure to electric current, radiation, forces of nature, etc Interpersonal violence: homicide, war-related injuries, other intentional injuries, eg. Cancer, cvd, diabetes, stroke: group 3 = intentional n unintentional injuries. Higher rates of injury in men b/c they engage in more riskier behaviour: but, women have higher mortality rates in fire injuries b/c in general, most women stay at home. Unintentional injury = leading cause of death for ppl 1-34 yrs old. Leading cause of injury death in canada, 2008, by age groups. Infants (<1) = suffocation (eg. choking: 1-19 = road traffic collisions, eg.