Vi ricordate questa notizia ? Se il pc ti cade sulla testa....
Ecco l'articolo sulla rivista "American Journal of Preventive Medicine"
Acute Computer-Related Injuries Treated in U.S. Emergency Departments, 1994–2006.
Troppi traumi da «caduta di computer» Il computer può «fare male» davvero. I dati del sistema di sorveglianza Usa rivelano che dal ' 94 al 2006 ha provocato oltre 78.000 incidenti (a carico delle estremità, ma anche traumi cranici) curati nei pronto soccorso. Le cause? Cadute del monitor o della tastiera, per lo più in casa.
Non so quale sia la fonte del Corriere, sta di fatto che 5 giorni fa era uscita questa notizia su un giornale olandese:
Flinke stijging computer-verwondingen - DePers.nl.
Flinke stijging computer-verwondingen - DePers.nl.
Het aantal verwondingen dat mensen door hun computer hebben opgelopen is in dertien jaar tijd met 732 procent gestegen. Dat is meer dan twee keer de stijging van het aantal huishoudens met een computer (309 procent). Het Amerikaanse onderzoek wordt in het julinummer van het American Journal of Preventive Medicine gepubliceerd.
Il
giornale olandese cita il numero di Luglio 2009 della rivista "American
journal of Preventive Medicine. (che non e' ancora uscito,l 'attuale
edizione e' quella di Giugno 2009).
Ecco l'articolo sulla rivista "American Journal of Preventive Medicine"
Acute Computer-Related Injuries Treated in U.S. Emergency Departments, 1994–2006.
During the study period, an estimated 78,703 (95% CI=61,394–96,011) individuals, aged 1 month–89 years, were treated in U.S. emergency departments for acute computer-related injuries. Children aged <5 years had the highest injury rate of all age groups. The most common cause of injury was tripping or falling by patients aged <5 years (43.4%) and ≥60 years (37.7%) and hitting or getting caught on computer equipment for individuals of all other ages (36.9% of all cases). While injuries to the extremities were most common (57.4%), children aged <10 years most often had injuries to the head (75.8% for those aged <5 years and 61.8% for those aged 5–9 years). When the locale of injury was recorded, 93.2% of injuries occurred at home. The number of acute computer-related injuries increased by 732% over the 13-year study period, which is more than double the increase in household computer ownership (309%).
