Avaliação do trauma nos acidentes com motocicletas atendidos por um serviço pré-hospitalar móvel de urgência
Introduction: Car accidents constitute an important public health concern, which has a great impact on population morbidity and mortality mainly standing out among young men. Objective: To describe the epidemiological profile and to assess trauma severity in victims of motorcycle accidents assisted...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) |
| Repositorio: | Repositório Institucional da UFMG |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.ufmg.br:1843/47674 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://hdl.handle.net/1843/47674 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Acidentes de trânsito Motocicletas Traumatologia |
| Resumo: | Introduction: Car accidents constitute an important public health concern, which has a great impact on population morbidity and mortality mainly standing out among young men. Objective: To describe the epidemiological profile and to assess trauma severity in victims of motorcycle accidents assisted by Rio Grande do Norte Emergency Mobile Assistance teams (SAMU 192 RN). Methods: Descriptive, cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach. The data were collected by 667 SAMU 192 RN nursing care records from motorcycle accident victims in the period January-June 2014. Results: The range between 25 and 34 years of age represents 32.5%, standing out in this range, men, with 26.4% of all assistance. The maximum score (best prognosis) of the instrument was present in 95.7% of the cases. Conclusions: The characterization of the epidemiological profile of the population highlighted the presence of men in all motorcycles accidents, in addition to young people aged 15-34 years. |
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