On average in the United States in 2006, someone dies in a fire nearly every 162 minutes, and someone is burned every 32 minutes. Most residential fires occure during the winter months.
There are over one million burn injuries in the US each year
There are 45,000 hospitalizations due to burn injuries each year
There ar 700,000 visits to the ER due to burn injuries each year
The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) announced today the completion of a report and accompanying educational tools on behavioral mitigation of cooking fires. The report, Behavioral Mitigation of Cooking Fires Through Strategies Based on Statistical Analysis, and accompanying educational videos and presentation are the result of a USFA partnership with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) to develop sound, research-based ....
The term "clothing flammability" is defined as the speed at which fabrics used in clothing ignite and the rate at which they burn once ignited. Clothing can be dangerous and poses a serious risk of burn injury if the properties of the clothing cause it to ignite quickly and burn rapidly. The properties of clothing that require consideration in determining its ignition and burn rate are: type of fabric textile construction weave ....
Comprehensive burn care begins in the emergency department. But when a burned child needs specialized help, the Cincinnati Shriners Hospital’s Transport Team delivers that care within hours (and for free)Since it began operating in 1988, the Transport Team has transported more than 1,000 critically injured burn patients to the burn Shriners Hospital in Cincinnati, flying more than 750,000 miles over its service area of 24 states. According to the Association of Air ....
We’ve completed four more Trautman Hook prototypes, and donated them to longtime users for evaluation. We’re told that one, a retired welder, had repeatedly repaired his hook himself until, after 15 years of repairs, it was no longer salvageable. A more detailed update is available below.
John Bergmann, a volunteer, has completed a very cool LEGO extrinsically actuated hand. We’ve put a more detailed update in the mechatronic arm project section, where you can download complete instructions for constructing the hand. We’re working on a way to actuate it. Please consider building one and coming up with something.
Jorge Silva, a PhD student at the University of Toronto, has put together some great instructables on our group page explaining how to construct sensors for acoustic myography (MMG), or the measuring of the sounds made by muscles when they contract. The page also has some activity on a couple of other topics.
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