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- Title
MEN AND BIKE ACCIDENTS: CHARACTERIZATION OF ACCIDENTS FROM PRE-HOSPITAL CARE.
- Authors
Tavares, Fabio Lucio; Marabotti Costa Leite, Franciéle; Barbosa de Oliveira, Alexandre; Migueis Berardinelli, Lina Márcia; Ambrósio Maciel, Paulete Maria; Coelho, Maria José
- Abstract
Objective: To describe the epidemiological profile of men victims of bicycle accidents. Method: descriptive, cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach, carried out in the Mobile Emergency Care Service from the police reports of pre-hospital care, in which the following variables were analyzed: age group, victim quality, trauma mechanisms, type injury, affected body segment, procedures performed in pre-hospital care, type of ambulance and outcome of pre-hospital care. Results: 933 records of assistance to men victims of bicycle accidents were analyzed; the majority (29.9%) of the victims were between 18 and 29 years of age, who suffered falls (59%), abrasions (63%), especially affecting the skull and face. Conclusion: there is a need to expand studies related to this type of accident in order to support the actions of nurses.
- Subjects
OCCUPATIONAL roles; TRAFFIC accidents; MEN'S health; NURSING; RESEARCH methodology; CROSS-sectional method; AMBULANCES; MEN; QUANTITATIVE research; MOBILE hospitals; BICYCLES; EMERGENCY medical services; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; NURSES; EMERGENCY medicine
- Publication
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental, 2021, Vol 13, Issue 1, p1402
- ISSN
1809-6107
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.9789/2175-5361.rpcfo.v13.9682