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- Title
Assistance to victims of traffic accidents through the prehospital service: a cross-sectional study.
- Authors
Watanabe, Érika Mitiyo; Dalmas, José Carlos; Trincaus, Maria Regiane; Dessunti, Elma Mathias; Martins, Eleine Aparecida Penha
- Abstract
Aim: to evaluate the profile of traffic accident assistance performed by the Mobile Emergency Service (Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência -- SAMU) of a city in the South of Brazil. Method: a cross-sectional, retrospective and quantitative study, developed with data from 342 victims of traffic accidents attended by SAMU in 2015, statistically analyzed. Results: among the victims, men prevailed (71.3%); ages ranged from 15 to 44 years (65.7%); and who were involved in automobile accidents with motorcycles (29.2%). The most frequent lesions were bruises (48.2%) and short-bruises (33.0%); and those involving multiple body sites (50.6%) and lower and upper limbs (85.1%). Advanced support accounted for 75.1% of incidents. Conclusion: it was found a statistical association between the mechanisms of accident with age groups, with open and closed fractures and lesions in the upper and lower limbs.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; AGE distribution; EMERGENCY medical services; EMERGENCY medicine; COMPOUND fractures; MOTORCYCLING injuries; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC accidents; VICTIMS; BRUISES; DATA analysis; QUANTITATIVE research; MOBILE hospitals; CROSS-sectional method; RETROSPECTIVE studies; CLOSED fractures
- Publication
Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing, 2018, Vol 17, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1676-4285
- Publication type
Article