Evaluation of unintentional falls among children and adolescents treated in emergency medical services

Introduction: Unintentional falls are the leading cause of traumatic injuries, without fatal consequences, with significant morbidity in population children and adolescents. Goal: The main goal this research was to analyze manner falling relation age gender, assess type injury anatomical region body affected by sustained during a fall patients ≤19 years treated emergency medical services Republic Srpska. Material methods: A cross-section study retrospective analysis national e-database WebMedic from 11 between January 2018 December 2020 conducted. Research included diagnosis unintentional caused fall, aged years. Descriptive statistics Chi-square test were used for comparisons groups. Results: During observed period, 857 cases identified, where 87.5% referred hospitalization. group 0 9 (55.7%) more often (p<0.001), boys 6.7 times than girls (p<0.001). Falls same level different types injuries depending on gender According injury, superficial (36.8%) open wounds (29.4%) most frequently head (52.0%). Conclusion: up nine males wounds, being predominant all These results could indicate necessity creating programs targeted prevention.