Road traffic injuries in urban Beijing: a single hospital investigation
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1671-7600.2009.03.009
- VernacularTitle:北京城区单点急诊道路交通伤调查分析
- Author:
Yu DANG
;
Baoguo JIANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Wound and injurys;
Accidents,traffic;
Emergency,treatment;
Epidemiology;
Regional characteristics
- From:
Chinese Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
2009;11(3):230-232
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To explore regional characteristics of road traffic injury in urban Beijing through analysis of the investigation by a single hospital. Methods Using Emergent Road Traffic Injury Questionnaire we designed, we performed a survey for 2 weeks on all the patients with road traffic injury who had sought medical care in the emergency department of our hospital. A comparison was made between them and other patients at the emergency department at the same period. Results From 8:00 on 25 April 2006 to 8:00 on 8 May 2006, 18 emergent cases of road traffic injury were treated. They accounted for 0.54% of all the emergency patients and 4.5% of all the trauma patients. They were 7 males and 11 females, with an average age of 48.3±14. 3 years. The average time to hospital was (26.8±14.4) rain. Seventeen cases of injury happened in the street, 1 in the highway;15 in Xicheng District, 1 in Haidian District, and 2 in the suburbs. They included 8 pedestrians, 9 riders, and 1 passenger. They were injured by 12 light vehicles, 2 heavy vehicles, 2 special vehicles, and 2 bicycles. Twelve patients had injury at extremity, 3 at spine, and 3 at multiple sites, They received treatment only in Emergency Department. No one was dead or hospitalized. Conclusions Contrary to common belief, road traffic injury patients seem to account for a small part of trauma patients and the injury tends to be moderate. Females and extremities may be more likely to get injured.
