
Trauma and injury prevention for older adults: How to protect yourself from harm
Trauma centers across the U.S. see a lot of life-threatening injuries. The most common “mechanisms of traumatic injury,” as trauma specialists call it, are car accidents and falls. According to Michelle Baker, RN, BSN, manager of trauma services at Huntington Hospital, 49% of the traumatic injuries seen at Huntington are head injuries or hip fractures […]