Drinking and Casualties
Drinking and Casualties

Author: Norman Giesbrecht

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-08-29

Total Pages: 537

ISBN-13: 1134989482

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The problems that alcohol brings to society centre around the victims of accidents, poisonings and violence; the 'drinking casualties' of the title. This is also seen as an important area for the innovation and adoption of preventative strategies, particularly for environmental controls. Norman Giesbrecht examines systems of recording and analysing alcohol-related casualties, assesses current knowledge of the prevalence and aetiology of these cases and indicates how this information can be more effectively used to develop preventive policies and programmes.

Drinking and Casualties
Drinking and Casualties

Author: Norman Giesbrecht

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-08-29

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 1134989490

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International Team of contributors from: Fiji, Australia, Mexico, USA, Switzerland, Finland, Canada, Poland and France Illustrated with detailed case studies

Getting to Zero Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities
Getting to Zero Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities

Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2018-05-25

Total Pages: 607

ISBN-13: 0309468264

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Alcohol-impaired driving is an important health and social issue as it remains a major risk to Americans' health today, surpassing deaths per year of certain cancers, HIV/AIDS, and drownings, among others, and contributing to long-term disabilities from head and spinal injuries. Progress has been made over the past decades towards reducing these trends, but that progress has been incremental and has stagnated more recently. Getting to Zero Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities examines which interventions (programs, systems, and policies) are most promising to prevent injuries and death from alcohol-impaired driving, the barriers to action and approaches to overcome them, and which interventions need to be changed or adopted. This report makes broad-reaching recommendations that will serve as a blueprint for the nation to accelerate the progress in reducing alcohol-impaired driving fatalities.

Establishing a Relationship Between Alcohol and Casualties of Fire
Establishing a Relationship Between Alcohol and Casualties of Fire

Author: U. S. Fire Administration

Publisher: FEMA

Published: 2013-03-08

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13:

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This report examines fire and alcohol studies performed by medical scientists, fire investigators, and social theorists. The physiological effects of long and short-term alcohol use are described. Alcohol's effect on behavior and its role in unintentional injuries is examined. The demographics of alcohol use and abuse as well as societal factors influencing alcohol use are noted. Caretakers who are under the influence of alcohol are also studied in regards to how their impairment may affect a dependent individual. The demographics of fire and fire fatalities are described. The leading causes of fire fatalities are also discussed, specifically how and to what extent they are affected by alcohol.

Alcohol, Cocaine, and Accidents
Alcohol, Cocaine, and Accidents

Author: Ronald R. Watson

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1461202337

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In Alcohol, Cocaine, and Accidents leading experts provide concise yet focused scientific reviews of the role of alcohol and cocaine in automotive, aviation, and aquatic accidents. The authoritative contributors present both applied research and epidemiological studies, with emphasis on the prevention of injuries through an increased use of appropriate educational labels, law enforcement, and personal and community-based prevention programs. In addition to detailed topical coverage, the articles suggest prevention strategies and provide supporting data for the role of treatment in reducing accidents. Alcohol, Cocaine, and Accidents will be of interest to substance abuse researchers, law enforcement officials, treatment providers, policy makers, and legislators responsible for regulating alcohol and drug use, as well as safety issues in all areas of transportation.