Community medicine.
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چکیده
Background: Road crash injury is largely preventable and predictable; it is a human-made problem amenable to rational analysis and countermeasures. All the studies on Road Traffic accidents either use number of accidents or victims according to availability of accident data. Studies combining these two types of data to identify hazardous locations are a rarity. In this study data on both, the number of accidents and severity of Road Traffic Injuries is used to identify hazardous locations. Materials and Methods: Using the values of Glasgow coma scale, Systolic Blood Pressure and Respiratory Rate of the RTI victims at the causality department, Revised trauma score for each case is calculated. Depending on the type of injury Abbreviated injury score is calculated for each case. From AIS, Injury severity score is calculated. The widely used technique – Trauma score – injury severity score methodology was used to evaluate probability of survival for each patient. From probability of Survival Hazardous Index is calculated for all the accident sites. Results: Five accident sites were identified as Hazardous with high hazard index. Young adults closely followed by elder adults are highest number of victims for RTI in all the hazardous sites. Males are affected mostly in all the sites compared to females. Conclusion: A study combining both the number of accidents and severity of injuries, like this study based on Hazardous Index would be more scientific, lead to correct identification of hazardous sites and thus the interventions will be cost effective. Identification of hazardous locations for road traffic injuries Case Report www.ijrdh.com ISSN: 2321 1431
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of medical education
دوره 53 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1978