A descriptive study of the admitted patients for injuries in a large teaching hospital in 2016

Introduction: Injuries are the causes of irreparable damages and costs in urban rural settings. Preventive procedures effective if correct related information is gathered provided. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate injury patterns factors a large teaching hospital. Methods: The current cross-sectional was conducted at Edalatian Emergency Center, Mashhad, Iran, 2016. All subjects were extracted from Hospital Information System (HIS).The demographic characteristics injuries-related 6,350 patients HIS. variables emergency severity index (ESI), type referral, referral reason, insurance organizations, age, anatomic site injuries, month referral. data analyzed SPSS software (version 21) using descriptive statistics method (frequency percentage). Results: majority population composed males (%76.4). In total, 98.3% classified into semi-urgent non-urgent levels, 75.6% cases affected right upper extremity. most common age group between 10-20 (69.4%) years, admitted June, July, August. Conclusion: determined pattern important reasons for injuries' an department. Accordingly, injuries more frequent young people active human force our community. Furthermore, there significant difference among frequencies incidence summer holidays. It seems necessary develop preventive injuries.