An investigation of prehospital medical care of sudden mass incident in Guangzhou from 2001 to 2010
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1671-0282.2012.06.027
- VernacularTitle:广州市2001年至2010年突发群体事件院前急救分析
- Author:
Peiyi LIN
;
Xiaohui CHEN
;
Huilin JIANG
;
Haifeng MAO
;
Binfan LIU
;
Yongqing QI
;
Xin LAI
;
Shuangming LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Sudden mass incident;
Traffic accident;
Road traffic injury;
Trauma;
Prehospital medical care;
Investigation
- From:
Chinese Journal of Emergency Medicine
2012;21(6):661-664
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
ObjectiveTo investigate the type,characteristics and development trend of prehospital medical care of sudden mass incident from 2001 to 2010 in Guangzhou.MethodsThe data of prehospital medical care of sudden mass incident in Guangzhou from 2001 to 2010 were come from the database of 120 Emergency Center.ResultsTotal 6 807 events of Sudden mass incident were recorded from 2001 to 2010,resulting in 26 749 injuries and 917 deaths.In all kinds of sudden mass incident,traffic accident was primary cause ( the number of cases,injuries and deaths accounted for 49.80％,55.29％ and 61.72％,respectively),followed by fighting,fire and poisoning.Over the past decade,the number of occurrence of traffic accidents and the number of injuries were increasing.The large sudden mass incident was 76.65％ in all levels of sudden mass incident happened from 2008 to 2010.Conclusions Traffic accident is an important cause of sudden mass incident in Guangzhou from 2001 to 2010.The number of the traffic accident cases and injuries were increasing.The large sudden mass incident was the main type in all levels of sudden mass incident.It is important to improve the emergency plan,strengthen the training of medical staff and organize the medical rescue drill of sudden mass incident regularly.
