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Wang, S. J., and H. Y. Choi. "(A175) Traffic Injury Severity Prediction by Algorithm of Automatic Crash Notification System." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 26, S1 (May 2011): s49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x11001737.
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IntroductionSince 2009 automatic crash notification system(ACNS) using event data recorder(EDR) and mobile communication have been developed for early detection of traffic accident and prediction of physical injury of victims for increase of survival rate via early medical treatment. For adequate prediction of injury, authors developed the guideline and algorithm from parameters related to accident and medical situation. Methods: Expert survey was done about the adequate parameters related to accident and medical situation. Medical record of traffic accident admission was analyzed in a trauma center of a university hospital in Seoul, Korea. Additionally epidemiology of traffic accident death in a region was done. Afterwards data of medical record was linked to data of traffic accident insurance companies.ResultsThe important parameters for prediction of physical injury of victims were as follows: Intercept, deltav, belt, age, intrus, sex, multiple, roll, ejection, narrow, height, weight, steering defect, track loc.ConclusionsPrediction of physical injury severity of victims on traffic accident spot and immediate transfer of related information to adequate medical institution by automatic mobile communication can help the traffic accident victims and upgrade the trauma care system of traffic accident.
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Miranti, Miranti, F. Y. Rumlawang, and F. Kondolembang. "PEMODELAN FAKTOR - FAKTOR PENYEBAB KEPARAHAN KORBAN KECELAKAAN LALU LINTAS DI KOTA AMBON DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN MODEL REGRESI LOGISTIK MULTINOMIAL." VARIANCE : Journal of Statistics and Its Applications 1, no. 1 (August 8, 2019): 17–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.30598/variancevol1iss1page17-26.
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Traffic accidents are one of the main causes of the highest increase in mortality in Indonesia. This problem needs attention to anticipate the fall of the death toll in a traffic accident. So in this study, there are response variables and several predictor variables. The purpose of this study was to find out what factors influence the severity of traffic accident victims in Ambon city based on categories and model the severity of traffic accident victims in Ambon city based on significant factors using the Multinomial Logistic Regression method. In this study, the results obtained are factors that significantly affect the severity of the traffic accident victims are sex variables (X1), age (X1), education (X3) and type of vehicle (X5).
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Sreekrishnan, TP, Amrutha Valsalan, B. Sabarish, BS Dhanasekaran, and KP Gireeshkumar. "Clinical profile of road traffic accident victims." Amrita Journal of Medicine 16, no. 1 (2020): 9. http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/amjm.amjm_3_20.
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Mayou, R. A., A. Ehlers, and M. Hobbs. "Psychological debriefing for road traffic accident victims." British Journal of Psychiatry 176, no. 6 (June 2000): 589–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.176.6.589.
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BackgroundPsychological debriefing is widely used for trauma victims but there is uncertainty about its efficacy. We have previously reported a randomised controlled trial which concluded that at 4 months it was ineffective.AimsTo evaluate the 3-year outcome in a randomised controlled trial of debriefing for consecutive subjects admitted to hospital following a road traffic accident.MethodPatients were assessed in hospital by the Impact of Event Scale (IES), Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) and questionnaire and re-assessed at 3 months and 3 years. The intervention was psychological debriefing as recommended and described in the literature.ResultsThe intervention group had a significantly worse outcome at 3 years in terms of general psychiatric symptoms (BSI), travel anxiety when being a passenger, pain, physical problems, overall level of functioning, and financial problems. Patients who initially had high intrusion and avoidance symptoms (IES) remained symptomatic if they had received the intervention, but recovered if they did not receive the intervention.ConclusionsPsychological debriefing is ineffective and has adverse long-term effects. It is not an appropriate treatment for trauma victims.
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Renner, V., M. Keller, M. Beuth, W. T. Roth, and K. Petrowski. "Actigraphic and Self-reported Sleep in Traffic Accident Victims." Journal of Medical Psychology 23, no. 1 (November 23, 2021): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/jmp-210031.
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Background: Some accident victims report poorer sleep during the months after the trauma, which may double the risk for and is a mediator of the development of a PTSD. Furthermore, subjective and objective sleep measures are often discrepant in PTSD-patients, which is why a ‘sleep state misperception’ of PTSD patients is often hypothesized. Objective: The goal of this study is to assess differences in sleep quality in victims of a traffic accident compared to healthy participants without an accident history as well as differences between objective and subjective sleep quality measures. Methods: We recruited 25 hospitalized accident victims within ten days of an accident and 31 age and sex-matched controls without an accident history. Three months later, participants were given a structured clinical interview (SCID), they completed the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) for the previous two weeks, wore a wrist actigraph, and kept a sleep log for two consecutive nights. Results: At the three-month follow-up, none of the victims met the criteria for any kind of mental disorder, but scored higher on the Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale. On the PSQI they reported slightly worse sleep than controls for the previous two weeks, although sleep log and actigraphy measures on the two recording nights showed no group differences. Actigraphy measures showed shorter sleep onset latencies compared to log measures. Conclusions: The accident victims suffered only minimal sleep disturbances three months later. The assumption of a ‘sleep state misperception’ in traffic accident victims is questioned by these results.
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Indri Wahyuningsih, Rina Sri Wahyuni Kurniawati, Indah Dwi Pratiwi, and Risa Herlianita. "Relationship Between Knowledge And Community Attitudes In First Aid To Traffic Accident Victims." Jurnal Multidisiplin Madani 2, no. 1 (January 30, 2022): 171–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.54259/mudima.v2i1.346.
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Many people who play an important role in providing first aid to traffic accident victims still prefer not to approach when an accident occurs. So that the purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between knowledge and attitudes of the community in first aid to traffic accident victims. Methods: This research was conducted on 82 respondents who live close to Beji Highway, Beji Village, Junrejo District, Batu City from October 2020 to March 2021 using a correlation description design with a cross sectional approach. The instrument used is divided into 3 instruments with data collection tools in the form of a questionnaire consisting of demographic data, knowledge, and attitude questionnaires. The data collected were identified using the Spearman Correlation statistical test. Results: The majority of respondents have less knowledge (n=46, 56%) and have a negative attitude in first aid to traffic accident victims (n=81, 99%). Based on the results of the Spearman correlation test, the significance value (0.000) < (0.05) means that there is a relationship between knowledge and public attitudes in first aid for traffic accident victims with a moderate relationship strength (0.536) and a positive relationship direction, namely if knowledge increases the attitude of the people also increases. Conclusion: There is a relationship between knowledge and public attitudes in first aid to traffic accident victims.
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Ali, ASM Zulfiquer. "Profile of Road Traffic Accident Cases Attending in Combined Military Hospital Ramu, Cox’s Bazar." IAHS Medical Journal 4, no. 2 (October 30, 2022): 12–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/iahsmj.v4i2.62516.
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Background: A Road Traffic Accident (RTA) is any injury due to crashes originating from, terminating with or involving a vehicle partially or fully on a public road. It is one of the leading causes of global disease burden. Road traffic accidents, injuries and fatalities are causing great concern to the community in Bangladesh. To find out the characteristics of road traffic accident cases attending in Combined Military Hospital Ramu, this research work was planned.
Materials and methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at Combined Military Hospital Ramu.All the road traffic accident victims attending at Medical Inspection room (MI Room) of CMH Ramu from April 2019 to September 2019 irrespective of age and sex . All the victims entered in the ‘special event statement register’. There were 119 Road Traffic Accident victims enlisted and selected by purposive type of sampling technique.
Results: Mean age of the respondents was 28.77 ± 5.14 years. Out of 119 respondents, majority (26.9%) were in the age group of 31-40 years. Among the victims, 99.2% were motorized accident. Majority (33.6%) were due to Bus or Minibus accident, 43.8% victims were motor vehicle passenger. The highest 49.6% victims were passenger, followed by 31.9% were pedestrian. Regarding pattern of injury, majority 39.5% victims sustained Laceration and Cut injury. Majority of the accident (50.9%) happened in the main road, 33.6% happened during Noon (1000-1400 hrs) time, followed by 27.7% at afternoon (1400-1800 hrs) time.
Conclusion: Among the victims, most of them were male and majority of them were within the active age group. Most of accidents by motorized vehicles by Bus or minibus. Pedestrians and motor vehicle passengers were most vulnerable. Cut injury and Laceration were the most common type of injury. Main roads were the commonest site and accident occurred more during the day.
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Mesquita Filho, Marcos. "Quality of life and self-esteem in traffic victims in physical therapy." Fisioterapia em Movimento 29, no. 4 (December 2016): 703–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1980-5918.029.004.ao06.
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Abstract Introduction: Motor vehicles have transformed human life in radical and contradictory ways. At the same time that cars have brought comfort and ease to human life, they are also a main cause of trauma, pain, disability, and death worldwide. Objective: To investigate the quality of life and self-esteem of traffic accident victims undergoing physical rehabilitation. Methods: This was a controlled, cross-sectional study that compared quality of life and self-esteem among traffic accident victims in physical therapy with other accident victims, physical therapy patients for other causes, and the general population. Results: The self-esteem of individuals undergoing physical therapy due to traffic accidents was lower compared to victims of other accidents and those in physical therapy for other reasons (p < 0.05). Regarding quality of life, the study group sample obtained the following mean scores: physical domain 48.1; psychological 52.8; social 68.1; environmental 54.1. These scores were lower than those of traffic accident victims who did not undergo physical therapy and of the general population in all domains (p < 0.05), but higher than that of individuals undergoing physical therapy for other causes, except in the psychological domain. Conclusion: Self-esteem and quality of life were low in traffic accident victims undergoing physical therapy. Physical therapy professionals can play an important role in improving these conditions provided they assume a humanized posture, practicing patient-centered rather than disease-centered health actions.
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Williams, James S., Jonathan A. Graff, and Justin M. Uku. "Pedestrian Intoxication and Fatal Traffic Accident Injury Patterns." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 10, no. 1 (March 1995): 30–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x00041637.
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AbstractIntroduction:Sixteen percent of all motor-vehicle fatalities are pedestrian, and accidents involving pedestrians are associated with the highest morbidity and mortality rates. Classic pedestrian injury patterns have been described. However, it has been suggested that the pattern may differ if the pedestrian is intoxicated. The role of pedestrian intoxication on motor-vehicle accident injury patterns has not been well-delineated.Hypothesis:Intoxicated pedestrian traffic victims have an injury pattern that is more serious and more rapidly fatal than is the pattern for nondrinking victims.Methods:Autopsies of 223 consecutive pedestrian victims were reviewed and grouped according to the presence of alcohol in the blood: Group I, Negative (n = 165); Group II, Positive (n = 58). Gender, age, anatomic injuries, survival time, time of day, and year also were examined.Results:Results indicated that there were more males in Group II (79%) than in Group I (64%); younger victims, younger than 40 years old, in Group II (70%) than in Group I (34%); fewer victims older than 60 years old in Group II (8%) than in Group I (38%). Group II sustained more frequent and more severe injuries—two times the frequency of the cervical spine, liver, upper and lower extremity, pelvic and rib fractures and thoracolumbar spine injuries; three times more aortic injuries; five times more heart injuries. Death occurred within 24 hours in 95% of those in Group II and in 67% of those in Group I. Accidents occurred from 1500h to 2300h in 67% of Group II and in 53% of Group I victims.Conclusion:Intoxicated pedestrian accident victims are predominantly young men, struck between 1500h and 0700h; they have an injury pattern that is two to five times more serious than is the pattern for the sober victims.
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PURNAMI, DEWA AYU MADE DWI YANTI, I. KOMANG GDE SUKARSA, and G. K. GANDHIADI. "PENERAPAN REGRESI LOGISTIK ORDINAL UNTUK MENGANALISIS TINGKAT KEPARAHAN KORBAN KECELAKAAN LALU LINTAS KABUPATEN BULELENG." E-Jurnal Matematika 4, no. 2 (May 30, 2015): 54. http://dx.doi.org/10.24843/mtk.2015.v04.i02.p089.
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Ordinal logistic regression is a statistical method for analyzing the respone variables that have an ordinal scale consisting of three or more categories. This method is an extension of logistic regression with a binary respone variable. In this study the cases studies was the severity of traffic accident victims in Buleleng. The severity of the victims were divided into three categories: minor injuries, serious injuries and died. This research also used six predictor variables, namely age, hours of accident, education, gender, the status of location, and the venicles involved. Result of study shows that the variables age, hours of accident, education and the status of location have a significan effect on the severity of traffic accident victims.
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Mahendra, Edwin Isa, Shendy Septiani Igirisa, and Adam Ahmad. "Analysis of traffic accident rates during the Covid-19 pandemic in Gorontalo City." International Journal for Educational and Vocational Studies 3, no. 6 (December 30, 2021): 409. http://dx.doi.org/10.29103/ijevs.v3i6.5168.
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Traffic accidents are something that everyone wants to avoid but sometimes there are still many traffic accidents that suddenly occur caused by poor road infrastructure or the negligence of each road user himself. The data used in this study is the number of the accident in 2018-2021 based on the number of accidents and the number of human victims (FK, SI, MI). The results of the analysis of the traffic accident rate show that the number of accidents in 2018 was 108 events with a percentage of 27%, in 2019 there were 158 events with a percentage of 39%, in 2020 there were 87 events with a percentage of 21% and in 2021 there were 55 events with a percentage of 13%. The most traffic accidents occurred in 2019 with the number of victims who died were 19 victims with a percentage of 11%, victims who suffered serious injuries as many as 1 with a percentage of the situation was 5% and victims who suffered minor injuries were 157 victims with a percentage of 88%. Whereas in 2020 the number of traffic accidents decreased with a total of 121 victims with the percentage of FK victims being 13%, SI victims being 3% and MI victims being 84%.
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Anita, Fitri, Tita Hariyanti, and Tony Suharsono. "First Responders While Administering Unrealized Integrated Pre-Hospital." International Journal of Science and Society 2, no. 3 (July 17, 2020): 146–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.54783/ijsoc.v2i3.143.
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The mortality rate concerning post-traffic accident trauma is estimated to gets higher for the next years. When a traffic accident occurs, the provision of first aid is carried out by laypeople/communities around the scene with limited knowledge and equipment available. Especially, if a traffic accident occurs in an area that has not applied an integrated pre-hospital service. This research aims to explore the first responders’ care administration in a region that has not applied pre-hospitalized emergency service formally. This is a qualitative study with a case study approach. This approach is chosen to identify emerging themes. The research was conducted in Konawe municipality, from February until March 2020. It was done by interviewing 8 participants consisting of the citizens, traffic police officers, hospital party, and health agency in the research site that had been selected based on the applied inclusion criteria. Five themes were found in this research. First responders struggle to save the traffic accident victims after the incident. They helped accident victims with limited tools. They helped the accident victims by sending them off to a health service immediately. They attempt to help the victims by sending them off to health services by using public transportation. Support Police action when finding accident victims. It could be concluded that in the area that has not applied integrated-emergency pre-hospital service would directly influence service availability in the society. The people would struggle to substitute the roles of medical workers in administering the first aid outside of a hospital with various limitations. Education and training programs concerning administering first aid, given quarterly, could be an appropriate health service program to offer for broader people as the first responders.
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Strohmandl, Jan, Miroslav Tomek, Dušan Vičar, Vieroslav Molnár, and Nikoleta Mikušová. "Rescue of persons in traffic accidents on roads." Open Engineering 12, no. 1 (January 1, 2022): 38–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/eng-2022-0006.
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Abstract The article deals with traffic accident rates in the Czech Republic and activities of the basic component parts of the integrated rescue system in relation to traffic accident addressing. On the basis of statistical data from the period 2011 to 2018, the purpose of the main component parts of the integrated rescue system in providing aid to victims of traffic accidents is emphasized. A real traffic accident is used to describe the intervention procedure with an emphasis on disentangling individuals from wrecked motor vehicles and provision of pre-hospital emergency care. Assessment of traffic accidents and the methods of their addressing are summed up in proposals for the safe rescue of victims, provision of (first) aid, and elimination of intervention-related complications.
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Vipul N, Ambade, B. Sirsat Kunal, and Manu Sharma. "Pattern of injuries in different types of victims of road traffic accident in central India: A comparative study." Journal of Forensic Science and Research 5, no. 1 (February 26, 2021): 007–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.29328/journal.jfsr.1001021.
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Death due to road traffic accident (RTA) was one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in India. In the present cross-sectional study, only the victim using two-wheelers, four-wheelers, and pedestrians were included for comparison to determine the pattern of injuries in these victims of the road traffic accident. There was a predominance of males in all three types of victims of RTA with a peak age of incidence seen in 21-30 years in two-wheeler victims, 41-50 years in four-wheeler victims, and 51-60 years in pedestrian victims. Four-wheeler (HMV/LMV) was the commonest type of offending vehicle involved in all types of victims with collision/ dash as the commonest manner of an accident. Head was the commonest region involved in pedestrian and two-wheeler victims as compared to the thorax in four-wheeler victims of accidents. Abrasion was the commonest surface injury in two-wheeler victims and pedestrians. The laceration was more common in two-wheeler victims as compared to crushed injury in pedestrian victims of road traffic accidents. The brain was the commonest organ involved in two-wheeler and pedestrian as compared to lungs in four-wheeler victims. The liver and spleen were more commonly involved in two-wheeler victims as compared to kidneys and bladder in pedestrian
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Parandika, I. Wayan, I. Nyoman Putu Budiartha, and Ni Made Puspa Sutari Ujianti. "Pelaksanaan Jaminan Sosial Bagi Korban Kecelakaan Lalu Lintas Jalan Pada Pt. Jasa Raharja Cabang Bali Wilayah Gianyar." Jurnal Preferensi Hukum 2, no. 2 (June 30, 2021): 282–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.22225/jph.2.2.3323.282-287.
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The development of technology evolves every year. This affects the economic aspects of transportation services. It cannot be denied that every means of transportation has risks in its journey. In this case, there must be implementation in social security for accident victims. The purpose of this research is to reveal the implementation of social security for victims of traffic accidents as well as the obstacle factors in the implementation of road social security at PT. Raharja Bali Gianyar Region services for road traffic accident victims. The method used is empirical legal research with a conceptual and a case approach. Sources of legal materials used are secondary, primary and tertiary sources of law and then analyzed descriptively. The data collection technique was carried out by interviewing the victim and the victim's heirs. The result of this research is the implementation of social security for road traffic accident victims at PT. Jasa Raharja Bali, Gianyar Region is carried out in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations. Factors that hinder its implementation include: the community does not know the scope of the guarantees that are covered, the external obstacles, namely correspondence and administrative management, and obstacles from the side of accident victims who submit claims to receive compensation from PT Jasa Raharja, Bali, Gianyar Region namely, obstacles in determining heirs for accident victims who died existed in processing a Police Report which required sufficient witnesses
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Dewanto, Evan Boedi, Ahmad Yudianto, and Magda Rosalina Hutagalung. "Wound Pattern Profile in Deceased Victims of Traffic Accidents in Raden Said Sukanto Bhayangkara Hospital Jakarta from January 2017 until December 2018." JUXTA: Jurnal Ilmiah Mahasiswa Kedokteran Universitas Airlangga 13, no. 2 (August 10, 2022): 79–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.20473/juxta.v13i22022.79-82.
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Highlights:1. Traffic accidents can cause different types of wounds.2. Traffic accident victims were predominantly male at the age of 26-45 years old. 3. The most found wounds were abrasions and the most affected area were head and neck. AbstractIntroduction: A traffic accident is an incident that happens on the road, such as a car crash that started on the road and leads to injury or death or damaged properties in the surrounding environment. Traffic accident injuries have a different pattern from any other events or violence, such as a mechanical injury due to friction with asphalt. The wounds that are usually found on the victims are abrasion, laceration, contusion, and wounds with fracture. About 70% of traffic accidents in Indonesia are happening in Java. The aim of this study was to determine the wound patterns of victims of traffic accidents, particularly deceased victims recorded in the Forensic Department of Raden Said Sukanto Bhayangkara Hospital Jakarta from January 2017 until December 2018.Methods: This was a descriptive study using secondary data. Consecutive sampling methods were used by using an external examination form obtained from the Forensic Department of Raden Said Sukanto Bhayangkara Hospital Jakarta from January 2017 until December 2018. Age, gender, and wound patterns such as abrasion, laceration, contusion, and wounds with fracture data were taken.Results: 67 cases of traffic accidents were recorded. Male victims were the most common victims (87.5%) within the age of 26–45 years old (42.18%). Abrasions were the most common wounds found (44.92%) and head and neck region were the most affected area (44.09%).Conclusion: The deceased victims of traffic accidents were mostly males aged 26–45 years old. The most common wound found were abrasions and the most affected areas were head and neck region.
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Volchatova, I. V. "ACCIDENT RATE AND VICTIMS OF ROAD TRAFFIC IN A BIG CITY." World of Transport and Transportation 15, no. 4 (August 28, 2017): 202–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.30932/1992-3252-2017-15-4-18.
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For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version).ABSTRACT Based on the statistics of road accidents, an analysis of accident and injury rates on the roads of Irkutsk was carried out. It is shown that, for the most part, the causes of road accidents are violation of traffic rules by drivers and pedestrians, unsatisfactory road conditions. It was revealed that the greatest number of accidents occurs in the summer-autumn period. Most often, vehicle collisions and pedestrian collisions are recorded. About 40 % of road accidents with victims are committed in the foci of accident rate, the distribution of which directly depends on density of settlement of the territory and the functional specifics of the city’s administrative units. Keywords: motor transport, road traffic accident, accident rate on roads, foci of accident, severity of accident consequences, road safety.
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Dutta, Sirshak, Debasis Sarkar, and Nazrul Mallick. "A Study on the Socio-Demographic Profiles of Road Traffic Accident Cases Attending a Peripheral Tertiary Care Medical College Hospital of West Bengal." Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare 8, no. 15 (April 12, 2021): 945–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.18410/jebmh/2021/183.
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BACKGROUND A road traffic accident (RTA) is any injury due to crashes originating from, terminating with or involving a vehicle partially or fully on a public road. Increased mechanisation and improved socio-economic condition of the people in developing countries like India leads to increased use of motor vehicles, disproportionate to the increase in the number of roads. We wanted to assess the socio-demographic profile of road traffic accident victims and study the antecedent factors influencing the road traffic accidents. METHODS This is an institution based descriptive, cross-sectional study, conducted among 114 patients. RESULTS Maximum numbers of the victims, 33.32 % (N = 38) were in the age group of 21-30 years followed by 26.31 % (N =30) in the age group of up to 20 years, mean age of the victims was 29.53 ± 13.85. Majority of the victims, 70.05 % (N = 80) were on motorcycles, and 26.32 % (N =30) of the victims were alcoholic at the time of accident. Majority of the victims, 92.86 % (78 out of 84), among the motor-cycle riders, four-wheeler drivers, and front seat passengers had not used any safety measures at the time of accident. CONCLUSIONS Road traffic accidents emerged as the major epidemic of non-communicable disease, holding a major share of mortality and morbidity data all over the world, majorly among the young productive portion of the population. It was evident from the study that the majority of victims were young adults, from lower socioeconomic background, and rural residents. So, lack of proper information and consciousness regarding road safety rules and measures are definitely the important aetiology behind this epidemic. Almost two third of the cases were among the bikers in the present study, which is pointing out the need of focusing on the road safety rules related to bikers by the road traffic authority. KEYWORDS Alcoholic Intoxication, Motor Vehicle, Road Traffic Accidents, Tertiary Care Centre
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Kepel, Felicia R., Felicia R. Kepel, and Johannis F. Mallo. "Pola Luka pada Kasus Kecelakaan Lalu Lintas di Bagian Ilmu Kedokteran Forensik dan Medikolegal RSUP Prof. Dr. R. D. Kandou Manado Periode Tahun 2017." JURNAL BIOMEDIK (JBM) 11, no. 1 (March 4, 2019): 23. http://dx.doi.org/10.35790/jbm.11.1.2019.23207.
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Abstract: Traffic accident is one of the main cause of death in Indonesia. In 2013 across South East Asia, Indonesia was the first rank with 26,416 traffic accidents. Accidents that occur can cause injuries from the minor injuries, disability, and even death. Every case of a traffic accident has a different pattern of injury. This study was aimed to obtain the pattern of injuries due to traffic accident based on gender, age, victim’s role before the occurence of a traffic accident, injury type, and wound location. This was a descriptive retrospective study using data of postmortem report (visum et repertum) of the traffic accidents victims. The results showed that majority of the traffic accident victims were 26-35 years (21.05%). Males were more common than females (78.9% vs 21.1%). Most of victim roles was as motorcyclist (78.95%). The most common type of wounds among traffic accident victims was blister mainly located on the extremity, meanwhile in car passangers, the most common type of wound was bruise mainly located on the head. Conclusion: The majority of trafic accident victims were males aged 26-35 years. Most wounds were blister in the extremity followed by bruise on the head.Keywords: pattern of wounds, traffic accident casesAbstrak: Kecelakaan lalu lintas (KLL) merupakan salah satu penyebab kematian terbesar di Indonesia. Pada tahun 2013 dalam tingkatan Asia Tenggara, Indonesia menduduki peringkat pertama dengan 26.416 jumlah kejadian KLL. Kecelakaan yang terjadi dapat menyebabkan luka-luka dari luka ringan hingga terjadinya kecacatan pada korban bahkan yang paling fatal dapat menyebabkan kematian. Setiap kasus kecelakaan lalu lintas menyebabkan adanya ada suatu pola luka yang berbeda-beda. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendapatkan pola luka pada kasus KLL berdasarkan jenis kelamin, usia, peran korban sebelum terjadi KLL, jenis luka, dan lokasi luka. Jenis penelitian ialah deskriptif retrospektif dengan menggunakan data sekunder yang diambil dari visum et repertum (VeR) korban kecelakaan lalu lintas. Hasil penelitian mendapatkan mayoritas korban KLL berusia 26-35 tahun (21,05%). Korban berjenis kelamin laki-laki lebih banyak daripada perempuan (78,9% vs 21,1%). Peran korban KLL terbanyak ialah pengemudi sepeda motor (78,95%). Pola luka terbanyak pada korban KLL baik penge-mudi sepeda motor, yang dibonceng, dan pejalan kaki ialah luka lecet terutama di ekstremitas, sedangkan pada penumpang mobil ialah luka memar terutama di kepala. Simpulan: Mayoritas KLL ialah laki-laki usia 26-35 tahun dengan pola luka terbanyak ialah luka lecet di ekstremitas diikuti oleh luka memar di kepala.Kata kunci: pola luka, kasus kecelakaan lalu lintas
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Agrawal, Tripti, Sandeep Kumar Sinha, and Nitesh Agrawal. "Retrospective Evaluation of Determinants of Road Traffic Injuries at a Naval Station." Indian Journal of Community Health 33, no. 1 (March 31, 2021): 205–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.47203/ijch.2021.v33i01.030.
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Introduction: Several factors like globalization, industrialization, migration, access to modern ways of living, increasing income levels, easy availability of vehicles, point of use entertainment/communication gadgets, media influence and others have brought human beings in close contact with a variety of challenges to safe driving, resulting in an increased occurrence of Road Traffic injuries across the globe. Methods and Material: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted at naval station amongst victims of road traffic accidents who reported to emergency department of naval hospital over period of six months. Interviews on structured questionnaire to explore various determinants of road traffic injuries (RTI). Data Analysis on 156 victims was carried out for proportion of study variables of interest, Chi square test to determine significant differences between demographic variables and RTA exposure. Results: Of 156 RTA victims, more than 50% were between 21 - 40 years; 69.9% were male; 93% accidents were contributed by driving speed more than 40km/hr; 47% occurred at road junctions followed by civil roads; 27% were due to collision. 23% accidents took place on Saturdays; 36% were in morning 06 - 12 hours. 1/3 accidents were caused by two wheeler vehicles. Negligence of driver (40.4%) poor road condition (24.4%) were major causes of the accident as reported by victims. 44.2% of the victims had minor injury; 58.7% drivers who met accidents were holding valid driving license; 38% were wearing protective gears and 56% narrated that road lights/ traffic signals were available at vantage points. Exposure to accidents was found to be having statistically significant difference when related to age, gender, type of accident, common causes of accident and use of protective gears. Conclusions: The stricter application of traffic laws and safety measures are required to bring down the road traffic accident rate and related mortality.
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Calil, Ana Maria, Elias Aissar Sallum, Cristiane de Alencar Domingues, and Lilia de Souza Nogueira. "Mapping injuries in traffic accident victims: a literature review." Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem 17, no. 1 (February 2009): 120–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0104-11692009000100019.
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The objective of this study was to identify the body regions most affected in traffic accident victims and to map the trauma and severity of the lesions. A systematic literature review using key words related to traffic accidents, transportation accidents, wounds and injuries found a total of 248 articles. The electronic bases LILACS, MEDLINE, and PAHO were surveyed between the years 1990 and December 2006. This review emphasized a series of conclusive studies about the most frequent body regions involved and the major injuries occurring in these situations. It also indicated information gaps in the Brazilian literature. We believe that these findings are valuable for pre-hospital and intra-hospital teams and point the way to new investigations.
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Minasov, B. Sh, N. V. Afanaseva, E. P. Kostiv, K. Kh Sirodzhov, and E. E. Kostiva. "PROBLEMS OF MEDICAL MANAGEMENT FOR ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS." Pacific Medical Journal 1 (April 2018): 85–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.17238/pmj1609-1175.2018.1.85-88.
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Prasetyono, Lafri, and A. A. A. N. Tini Rusmini Gorda. "Legal Consequences for Traffic Accident Perpetrators with Dead Victims." Jurnal Jurisprudence 11, no. 1 (January 14, 2022): 44–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.23917/jurisprudence.v11i1.13489.
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Bhat, Manzoor Ahmad, and Qazi Mohammad Iqbal. "Injury pattern and outcome of road traffic accidents victims attending major referral institutions of the Kashmir valley." International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health 7, no. 3 (February 27, 2020): 958. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20200948.
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Background: Road traffic accidents (RTAs) have emerged as a major global public health problem of this century. WHO global burden of disease study, shows it as the 10th leading cause of death in South-East Asia. In India, according to WHO, road traffic accident is the 6th leading cause of death. The present study aims to assess the magnitude and injury pattern of RTA victims attending three major referral institution of the Kashmir valley.Methods: This prospective observational study was conducted for a period of one year in three major referral institutions of Kashmir valley. Burden of RTA victims was studied from hospital records. For studying detailed injury patterns, the accident victims fulfilling the inclusion criteria and admitted in the wards of these hospitals formed the main study group.Results: RTAs constituted 3% of the total admissions. Most (82.7%) of the studied victims were males. Most (40.3%) of the RTA victims were pedestrians. Head on collision was the most common type of accident (62.9%). 97.6% victims were grievously hurt and head (59.9%) was the most affected part of the body. 88.3% of RTA victims survived while 11.7% died.Conclusions: Young males are the predominant victims of RTAs and head on collision (63%) remains the commonest type of accident. Almost all (97.6%) RTA victims were grievously hurt with 60% having head injuries followed by lower limbs 59.4% and upper limbs 26.8% injuries and 47% victims had multiple injuries.
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Tobias, Gabriela Camargo, Polyana Maria Pimenta Mandacarú, Rafael Alves Guimarães, and Otaliba Libânio Morais Neto. "Use of prehospital, hospitalization and presence of sequelae and/or disability in road traffic injury victims in Brazil." PLOS ONE 16, no. 4 (April 16, 2021): e0249895. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249895.
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Objective To estimate the prevalence and analyze the association between sociodemographic and behavioral variables with the use of prehospital care, hospitalization and sequelae and/or disability in victims of road traffic accidents victims in Brazil. Methods Data from the National Health Survey conducted in 2013 in Brazil were used. Data were collected through a direct household survey. The research sample consisted of 1,840 individuals who reported road traffic accidents in the previous 12 months. Poisson regression analysis was used to evaluate the factors associated with the use of prehospital care services, hospitalization, and the presence of sequelae and/or disability. Results The prevalence of road traffic accidents victims who received prehospital care was 13.0% (95% Confidence Interval [95% CI]: 10.3–16.3) and the factors associated with this outcome were: residing in the Northeast or North region of Brazil; residing in rural areas; and being a motorcycle occupant at the moment of the road traffic accident. The frequency of hospitalization was 7.7% (95% CI: 6.0–10.0) and the associated factors were: age between 40 and 59 years; being a motorcycle occupant or pedestrian and having received on-site care at the moment of the road traffic accident. The prevalence of sequelae and/or disability was 15.1% (95% CI: 12.5–18.2) and the associated factors were: age range between 30 and 39 years or 40 and 59 years; being a motorcycle occupant, being a pedestrian or belonging to other category of modes of transport and having received on-site care at the moment of the road traffic accident. Conclusion The study allowed to evaluate the factors associated with prehospital care, hospitalization and presence of sequelae and/or disability in the victims of road traffic accident and the results can guide the implementation of interventions that prioritize the population exposed to the highest risk of road traffic accident injuries and with less access to prehospital and hospital care services in Brazil.
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Neeluri, Rajesh, and Venkata Suresh Anga. "A study on victims of road traffic accidents attending casualty in a tertiary care hospital, Khammam." International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health 5, no. 7 (June 22, 2018): 3034. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182644.
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Background: As per global status report on road safety 2015, 1.25 million road traffic deaths occurred every year. Most common cause of death among those aged 15-29 years was road traffic accidents. The objectives of the study were to study the socio-demographic profile of the victims of road traffic accidents, to identify the risk factors responsible for road traffic accidents and to identify the various presenting injuries of road traffic accident victims.Methods: It was a Hospital based cross sectional study. Victims of road traffic accidents attending casualty during July 2011 – June 2012 were studied. A pretested semi structured questionnaire was administered. A total of 280 road traffic accident victims were interviewed during the study period. Data was entered in Microsoft excel sheet and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20. Results were expressed as proportions for different study variables.Results: Out of the 280 victims, majority 206 (73.57%) of study participants were males. The highest numbers of victims (34.20%) were between 21-30 years of age group. 40.71% were using two wheelers. Most of the accidents took place in the evening (6 pm to 12 am) i.e. 39.10%. Most common site of presenting injury was lower limb (40.71%). In this study 22.5% were under influence of alcohol while driving.Conclusions: Road traffic accidents were more in young age groups and in males. Road safety education should be promoted.
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Septianingtyas, Daniar Mukti. "IDENTIFYING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS IN SIDOARJO IN 2016." Indonesian Journal of Public Health 14, no. 1 (July 5, 2019): 50. http://dx.doi.org/10.20473/ijph.v14i1.2019.51-61.
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Traffic accident becomes a very serious case because it causes not only material loss but also physical and psychological harms to the subject and the people around him. Accidents that occurred resulted in not only injuries but also death. This study aims to identify characteristics of traffic accident victims in Sidoarjo in 2016. It was an observational study with cross sectional design and based on daily data of traffic accident with 735 samples. Data were processed by ordinal logistic regression statistic test. In this case, variables of the study included the severity of victim, age, gender, profession, time of occurrence, type of collision, and type of vehicle. The results of characteristic identification showed that most of the victims had minor injuries, were male, aged ≥ 34 years old, workers, and got into accidents in the afternoon. The conclusion was factors affecting the severity of traffic accident victims in Sidoarjo were head-on-collisions (hitting straight) and motorcycles as the vehicle type. Modelling obtained was 3,133 for the constant of head-on-collision (hitting straight), 1,464 for the constant of vehicle type (motorcycles), and Y value of 4,597. This study was not supported by complete predictor data, thus the data need to be added so that the accuracy of classification increases and the value gets significant.
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Septianingtyas, Daniar Mukti. "IDENTIFIKASI KARAKTERISTIK KORBAN KECELAKAAN LALU LINTAS DI SIDOARJO TAHUN 2016." Indonesian Journal of Public Health 14, no. 1 (July 5, 2019): 50. http://dx.doi.org/10.20473/ijph.v14i1.2019.50-59.
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Traffic accident becomes a very serious case because it causes not only material loss but also physical and psychological harms to the subject and the people around him. Accidents that occurred resulted in not only injuries but also death. This study aims to identify characteristics of traffic accident victims in Sidoarjo in 2016. It was an observational study with cross sectional design and based on daily data of traffic accident with 735 samples. Data were processed by ordinal logistic regression statistic test. In this case, variables of the study included the severity of victim, age, gender, profession, time of occurrence, type of collision, and type of vehicle. The results of characteristic identification showed that most of the victims had minor injuries, were male, aged ≥ 34 years old, workers, and got into accidents in the afternoon. The conclusion was factors affecting the severity of traffic accident victims in Sidoarjo were head-on-collisions (hitting straight) and motorcycles as the vehicle type. Modelling obtained was 3,133 for the constant of head-on-collision (hitting straight), 1,464 for the constant of vehicle type (motorcycles), and Y value of 4,597. This study was not supported by complete predictor data, thus the data need to be added so that the accuracy of classification increases and the value gets significant.
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Albayati, Amjad H., and Ishraq Mahdi Lateef. "Characteristics of Traffic Accidents in Baghdad." Civil Engineering Journal 5, no. 4 (April 27, 2019): 940–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.28991/cej-2019-03091301.
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Road traffic accidents (RTAs) are events that suddenly, inadvertently and unexpectedly occur under unforeseen circumstances that involve at least one moving vehicle and result in one or more road users being killed or injured. Unfortunately, Iraqi governorates suffer from higher rates of traffic accident casualties compared with the rates of casualties from terrorist attacks; this situation reveals a serious and growing problem. Road traffic accidents are not easy to eradicate. However, their prevalence can be reduced to the barest minimum via periodic assessments of traffic accident characteristics and the most important aspects for road authorities to consider when designing and evaluating the performance of a road to improve traffic and road users’ safety.Therefore, the primary objective of this paper is to evaluate traffic accidents in Baghdad using a retrospective analysis of accidents that occurred from 2006–2016 taking into consideration the following parameters: the cause of the accident, the genders of the victims, the number and type of vehicles involved in the accident, the time of the accident, the severity of the accident, the type of accident and the age group of the driver(s). The data were been obtained from the Central Statistical Organization in the Ministry of Planning. The results reveal that 12,019 RTAs occurred in the city of Baghdad; on average, 1,092 RTAs occurred each year. Twenty-two percent of the RTAs resulted in death, 67% resulted in injury and 6% resulted in both deaths and injuries. Only 4% of the RTAs resulted in property damage without victims. To this end, Baghdad has the highest prevalence of RTAs of all Iraqi governorates. These results provide scientific evidence to mobilize road authorities to effectively and urgently develop adequate traffic strategies and policies to reduce the epidemic of RTAs in Baghdad as well as other Iraqi governorates.
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Freitas, Mariana Gonçalves de, Palmira de Fátima Bonolo, Edgar Nunes de Moraes, and Carla Jorge Machado. "Elderly patients attended in emergency health services in Brazil: a study for victims of falls and traffic accidents." Ciência & Saúde Coletiva 20, no. 3 (March 2015): 701–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1413-81232015203.19582014.
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The article aims to describe the profile of elderly victims of falls and traffic accidents from the data of the Surveillance Survey of Violence and Accidents (VIVA). The VIVA Survey was conducted in the emergency health-services of the Unified Health System in the capitals of Brazil in 2011. The sample of elderly by type of accident was subjected to the two-step cluster procedure. Of the 2463 elderly persons in question, 79.8% suffered falls and 20.2% were the victims of traffic accidents. The 1812 elderly who fell were grouped together into 4 clusters: Cluster 1, in which all had disabilities; Cluster 2, all were non-white and falls took place in the home; Cluster 3, younger and active seniors; and Cluster 4, with a higher proportion of seniors 80 years old or above who were white. Among cases of traffic accidents, 446 seniors were grouped into two clusters: Cluster 1 of younger elderly, drivers or passengers; Cluster 2, with higher age seniors, mostly pedestrians. The main victims of falls were women with low schooling and unemployed; traffic accident victims were mostly younger and male. Complications were similar in victims of falls and traffic accidents. Clusters allow adoption of targeted measures of care, prevention and health promotion.
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Mostary, Kazi Fardana, Kazi Shafiqul Halim, Mohammad Mohibur Rahman, Md Safikul Islam, Atiya Tasnim Muna, and Bushra E. Zannat Khan. "Pattern of road tra!c injuries and disability burden among accident victims." Bangladesh Medical Journal 47, no. 1 (August 28, 2019): 28–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bmj.v47i1.42821.
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Worldwide road traffic injuries cause more than 1.2 million deaths every year and alarming rise has been observed in road accidents in Bangladesh over the past few years. A cross- sectional study was carried out from January to December 2017 to determine the pattern of road traffic injuries with disability burden among accident victims. 190 respondents were selected from Center for the rehabilitation of the paralyzed (CRP) at Savar and Mirpur in Dhaka by purposive sampling. Data was collected by face to face interview by using semi-structured pre-tested questionnaire. A large number of accident victims in this study were male (79.5%), Muslim (93.2%), married (85.3%) with middle age group (35.8%). Most of the accident victims came from rural area (62.6%) and place of most accident occurred in subway (73.1%). Highest number of accident occurred by motorized two wheels (47.3%). Fracture (48.9%) were most common types of injury among accident victims and affected part were most commonly the extremities (32.9%) and injury category were maximum injury (38.9%). Years of life lived with disability was highest in spinal cord injury (172.36). Among those who were in middle age group, suffered longer than other injury with years of life lived with disability. It found people who were injured from motorized two wheels had suffered longer years lived with disabilities of life than other types of vehicle injury(82.02).The result indicates the pattern of injuries and accident victims who were lived with disability for long time.
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Kovačević, Jelena, Maja Miškulin, Matea Matić Ličanin, Josip Barać, Dubravka Biuk, Hrvoje Palenkić, Suzana Matić, Marinela Kristić, Egon Biuk, and Ivan Miškulin. "Quality of life in road traffic accident survivors." Slovenian Journal of Public Health 59, no. 4 (October 18, 2020): 202–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2020-0026.
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AbstractIntroductionThe loss of quality of life is the major consequence following a non-fatal road traffic accident (RTA). Previous research regarding quality of life did not include uninjured RTA survivors. The research aim was thus to evaluate the quality of life of the RTA survivors regardless of whether or not they sustained injures, and to identify factors associated with decreased quality of life after the RTA.MethodsA cohort of 200 RTA survivors with and without injuries was followed after experiencing an RTA. The quality of life and mental health outcomes were assessed 1 month following RTA. A vast range of sociodemographic, pre-RTA health-related, RTA related, RTA injury-related, compensation-related factors and mental health outcomes were investigated.ResultsDecreased quality of life following an RTA showed an association with the low socioeconomic status of the RTA victims, poor pre-RTA health, injury-related factors, compensation-related factors and psychological disorders after the RTA.ConclusionsIdentifying predictors of decreased quality of life following an RTA will enable planning interventions targeting the most important factors that influence recovery of RTA victims. Assessing and recording of self-reported quality of life should be a part of the routine protocol in RTA survivors’ health-care.
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Rahman, Md Moshiur, Farzana Zafreen, and Abu Noman Mohammed Mosleh Uddin. "Characteristics of Road Traffic Accident Cases Reported in a Tertiary Military Hospital." Journal of Armed Forces Medical College, Bangladesh 15, no. 2 (December 20, 2020): 213–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jafmc.v15i2.50842.
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Introduction: Road traffic accidents (RTA) are the eighth leading cause of death globally, and the leading cause of death in Bangladesh. The road safety situation in Bangladesh has been deteriorating with increasing number of road accident deaths, largely as direct consequences of rapid growth in population, motorization, urbanization and lack of investment in road safety.
Objectives: To describe the injury characteristics of road traffic accidents cases that reported at Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka.
Materials and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional hospital based study was conducted on all the RTA cases reported to medical inspection room CMH, Dhaka from 01 March to 30 June 2010. A total of 126 RTA victims irrespective of age and sex were included, data were collected by face to face interview using a pre-tested questionnaire.
Results: A total of 126 road traffic accident victims both sexes were studied. The majority of the study subjects were men 103 (81.7%) and most of them were in 31-40 years group (27%), Muslims (98.41%) were the majority. In our study regarding educational qualification of RTA victims most of them were SSC qualified (44’4%) and primary level (15.1%). Military services holder (45.2%) was the majority of road traffic crash victims. Bus/Minibus (32.5%) was responsible for the majority of road traffic crashes and motor vehicle passengers (42.9%) were main victims. Laceration & cut injury were (38.1%) and multiple injury (18.3%) were the most common injury. Main roads (49.2%) were the commonest site of the accidents. Regarding place of occurrence main roads 62 (49.2%) was the most common site and noon 41 (32.5%) was the most common time of occurrence of accidents.
Conclusion: Road traffic crashes constitute a major public health problem in our setting and contribute significantly to unacceptably high morbidity and mortality. Urgent preventive measures targeting at reducing the occurrence of road traffic crashes is necessary to reduce the morbidity and mortality resulting from these injuries. Early recognition and prompt treatment of road traffic injuries is essential for optimal patient outcome.
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Kurniawati, Yuninda, and Sutono Sutono. "Tingkat Pengetahuan Polisi Lalu Lintas Tentang Penanganan Korban Kecelakaan Dengan Cedera Kepala Di Kabupaten Sleman Yogyakarta." Jurnal Keperawatan Klinis dan Komunitas 1, no. 2 (August 29, 2019): 99. http://dx.doi.org/10.22146/jkkk.44320.
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Background: Pre hospital patient management is a significant part to decrease early and late death. Head injury in traffic accident victims may increase intracranial pressure which leads to decrease victim’s consciousness. Police officers are the first special responder who may arrive in crashed area. They have responsibility to help the victim.Purpose: The purpose of this study is to know traffic police officer’s knowledge levels about early management of traffic accident victims with head injury at Sleman district in Yogyakarta.Methods: This is descriptive categorical non-experimental study with 97 traffic police officers in Sleman district as subject. We used accidental sampling method of every police station. They filled questionnaire that had been prepared. Univariate analysis with descriptive statistic technique was used to analyse the data.Result: Seventy two of 97 subject (74,23%) had an enough knowledge level of traffic accident victims early management. Fourteen subjects (14,43%) had a good knowledge level, and the others (11,34%) subject have less knowledge level. Conclusion: The traffic police officers had enough knowledge level in early management of traffic accident victims with head injury. ABSTRAKLatar Belakang: Penanganan korban kecelakaan pada area pra rumah sakit dapat menurunkan tingkat kematian pada early dan late death. Pada korban dengan cedera kepala memiliki resiko peningkatan tekanan intra kranial sehingga korban tidak sadarkan diri. Polisi merupakan orang awam khusus yang memiliki kewajiban untuk menolong korban.Tujuan Penelitian: Mengetahui tingkat pengetahuan polisi lalu lintas di Kabupaten Sleman mengenai penanganan korban kecelakaan dengan cedera kepala.Metode: Penelitian ini merupakan jenis penelitian deskriptif kuantitatif non-eksperimental dengan subjekpolisi lalu lintas di Kabupaten Slemanyang berjumlah 97 orang. Subjek diambil dengan accidental sampling di area polsek untuk mengisi lembar kuisioner. Kemudian data dianalisis dengan menggunakan analisis univariat dengan teknik statistik deskriptif.Hasil: Sebanyak 72 dari 97(74,23%) responden memiliki tingkat pengetahuan yang cukup tentang penanganan korban cedera kepala. Sebanyak 14 responden (14,43%) berpengetahuan baik, dan 11 (11,34%) lainnya memiliki pengetahuan yang kurang.Kesimpulan: Tingkat pengetahuan polisi lalu lintas mengenai penanganan korban kecelakaan dengan cedera kepala di Kabupaten Sleman pada tahun 2015 adalah cukup.
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Marinho, Cristiane da Silva Ramos, Jokasta Nicoly de Araújo Santos, Luiz Alves Morais Filho, Cecília Nogueira Valença, Emelynne Gabrielly de Oliveira Santos, and Osvaldo de Góes Bay Júnior. "Traffic accident: a review of cases of head trauma." Enfermería Global 18, no. 2 (February 28, 2019): 323–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.6018/eglobal.18.2.324751.
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Objetivo: Caracterizar a los pacientes víctimas de accidentes de tráfico internados en un hospital general de la ciudad de Natal y el accidente de tráfico sufrido por ellos.Métodos: Estudio exploratorio, descriptivo, transversal, retrospectivo, con abordaje cuantitativo, realizado con 90 víctimas de accidentes de tráfico, en el periodo de julio a noviembre de 2015, que tuvieron Traumatismo Craneoencefálico. Resultados: El 28,3% de las víctimas estudiadas pertenecían al sexo masculino, el 28,9% en el grupo de edad de 20-29 años, el 43,3% de los accidentes fueron en domingo, el vehículo más involucrado fue moto (83,3%), el 74,4% eran conductores de moto, el 26,7% hacía uso de casco y el 65,6% había bebido alcohol. La caída de moto representó el 50% de los accidentes. Se destacó el Traumatismo Craneoencefálico leve. Conclusión: El perfil de las víctimas de accidentes de tráfico con traumatismo craneoencefálico se caracteriza por individuos varones y jóvenes. El accidente presenta predominio el fin de semana, teniendo la moto como su mayor responsable y la ingestión de alcohol contribuye al evento. Objective: The objective of this study was to characterize the victims of traffic accidents hospitalized in a general hospital in the city of Natal and the traffic accident suffered by them.Methods: This is an exploratory, cross-sectional, quantitative, descriptive study conducted with 90 victims of traffic accidents, from July to November 2015, who had Cranioencephalic Trauma.Results: 90% of the victims studied were male, 28.9% were between 20-29 years of age, 43.3% of the accidents were on Sunday, the motorcycle was the most involved vehicle (83.3%). Victims were 74.4% motorcycle drivers, 26.7% were wearing helmets and 65.6% had drunk alcoholic beverages. The motorcycle crashes represented 48.9% of the accidents. Mild Cranioencephalic Trauma was highlighted. Conclusion: The profile of the victims of traffic accidents with traumatic brain injury is characterized by males and young people. Already the accident presents predominance at the end of the week, having the bike as its main responsible and the alcohol intake contributed to the event. Objetivo: Caracterizar vítimas de acidente de trânsito internados em um hospital geral da cidade do Natal e o acidente de trânsito sofrido por eles. Métodos: Trata-se de uma pesquisa exploratória, transversal, com abordagem quantitativa, de caráter descritivo, realizada com 90 vítimas de acidente de trânsito, de julho a novembro de 2015, que tiveram Traumatismo Cranioencefálico. Resultados: Foram encontrados 90% das vítimas estudadas pertenciam ao sexo masculino, 28,9% na faixa etária de 20-29 anos, 43,3% dos acidentes foram no domingo, o veículo mais envolvido foi moto (83,3%), entre as vítimas 74,4% eram condutores de moto, 26,7% fazia uso de capacete e 65,6% havia feito uso de bebida alcoólica. A queda de moto representou 50% dos acidentes. Destacou-se o Traumatismo Cranioencefálico leve.Conclusão: O perfil das vítimas de acidentes de trânsito com traumatismo cranioencefálico caracteriza-se por indivíduos do sexo masculino e jovens. Já o acidente apresenta predomínio no final de semana, tendo a moto como o seu maior responsável e a ingestão de álcool contribuído para o evento.
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Poudel, Sudhan, Sudarshan Dhungana, and Raksha Dahal. "Pattern and Cause of Road Traffic Accidents in Morang District." Journal of Nepal Health Research Council 19, no. 1 (April 23, 2021): 87–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.33314/jnhrc.v19i1.2750.
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Background: Road traffic accidents is growing continuously as a global burden and would be a leading cause of death in developing countries. The global burden of road traffic accidents continues to grow and promises to overtake tropical diseases as leading causes of death in the developing world. This study aimed to study the pattern and causes of road traffic accidents in Morang district.Methods: Record based descriptive cross-sectional study was used by reviewing all registered RTA cases of the District Traffic Police Office, Morang during fiscal year 2074/75 (Shrawan 2074 to Ashad 2075). 501 road traffic accident cases were found in the record and used for the study. The data was analysed using SPSS v 16 and presented in normal frequency tables and crosstables.Results: Out of 501 accidents 32.2% occurred Friday and Saturday. In the evening time, most of the accidents occurred. In highways, 53.5% of accident cases occurred. 82% of the accidents occurred in blacktop road. Two-wheelers are mostly involved in accident cases (77%). Negligence (55.7%) and over-speed (36.5%) were the major reasons for accidents. In 33% of cases, accidents occurred involving pedestrians and cyclists. 80% of the drivers are below 40 years; similarly 80% of the victims are also below 40 years. Among victims who died 84.1% were male and among injured 73.3% were males.Conclusions: Weekends, evening, highways and two wheelers are more accident prone time, place and vehicles respectively. Overspeed and negligence of driver tends to major cause of accidents and majority of victims are the young bike riders and pedestrians. Keywords: Burden; causes; road traffic accidents; pattern
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Meyyappan, Alagappan, Prabhu Subramani, and Sriram Kaliamoorthy. "A comparative data analysis of 1835 road traffic accident victims." Annals of Maxillofacial Surgery 8, no. 2 (2018): 214. http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ams.ams_135_18.
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Rubin, Guy, Kobi Peleg, Adi Givon, and Nimrod Rozen. "Upper extremity fractures among hospitalized pediatric road traffic accident victims." American Journal of Emergency Medicine 33, no. 5 (May 2015): 667–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2015.02.017.
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Lu, K. H., Y. M. Hsiao, and Z. I. Lin. "Arthroscopy for acute knee haemarthrosis in road traffic accident victims." Injury 27, no. 5 (June 1996): 341–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0020-1383(95)00234-0.
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Infante, Paulo, Gonçalo Jacinto, Anabela Afonso, Leonor Rego, Vitor Nogueira, Paulo Quaresma, José Saias, et al. "Comparison of Statistical and Machine-Learning Models on Road Traffic Accident Severity Classification." Computers 11, no. 5 (May 16, 2022): 80. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/computers11050080.
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Portugal has the sixth highest road fatality rate among European Union members. This is a problem of different dimensions with serious consequences in people’s lives. This study analyses daily data from police and government authorities on road traffic accidents that occurred between 2016 and 2019 in a district of Portugal. This paper looks for the determinants that contribute to the existence of victims in road traffic accidents, as well as the determinants for fatalities and/or serious injuries in accidents with victims. We use logistic regression models, and the results are compared to the machine-learning model results. For the severity model, where the response variable indicates whether only property damage or casualties resulted in the traffic accident, we used a large sample with a small imbalance. For the serious injuries model, where the response variable indicates whether or not there were victims with serious injuries and/or fatalities in the traffic accident with victims, we used a small sample with very imbalanced data. Empirical analysis supports the conclusion that, with a small sample of imbalanced data, machine-learning models generally do not perform better than statistical models; however, they perform similarly when the sample is large and has a small imbalance.
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Burghart, Hans. "Helicopter Rescue for Traffic Accidents in West Germany." Journal of the World Association for Emergency and Disaster Medicine 1, no. 1 (1985): 65–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x00032763.
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Approximately 200,000 emergency patients die annually in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) after a sudden illness or a serious accident. According to estimates, more than 20,000 die because effective first aid was not rendered soon enough. We know that two-thirds of all victims of fatal traffic accidents die within 25 minutes after the accident has occurred. In order to improve chances of survival, the therapy-free interval must be as brief as possible.
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Mahajan, Sanjeev, Arti Gupta, and Param Pal Singh Coonar. "Epidemiological study of road traffic accident cases admitted in government tertiary hospital: a study from Punjab, India." International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health 4, no. 1 (December 21, 2016): 166. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20164731.
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Background: Among all types of injuries road traffic injuries constitute a major public health problem. They lead to not only deaths but many more cases of morbidity and disability. People from all economic groups are affected but poor are affected the worst because they suffer from double brunt of injuries and also the economic loss; sometimes pushing them below the poverty line. The present study was conducted to study the epidemiological variables involved in road traffic accidents.Methods: 500 road traffic accident victims admitted in emergency department of Rajindra Hospital, a tertiary institute; attached to Government Medical College, Patiala (Punjab) were studied from July 2002 to February 2003. In this descriptive study pretested proforma was used to know the various epidemiological factors related to road traffic accident victims. The demographic variables, category of road users, details of injured pedestrians and types of vehicles involved in road traffic accidents were studied.Results: The road traffic accident victims mainly include the young males, especially 21-30 years (31.4%), married (70.6%), and men (86.8%) mainly literate (66.6%), from rural areas of Punjab. Maximum accidents occurred during night time (8pm- 4am) and major involvement was of two wheelers (63.4%). Mainly drivers were affected in the road crashes (46.6%) followed by pedestrians (21.4%).Conclusions: young male drivers are affected the most, mainly involving two wheelers. There should be regular and continuous on-going traffic safety and awareness programs covering all the media especially directed towards education of drivers, pedestrians and young population; mainly focusing on the schools and colleges youth.
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Chourasia, Sachin, K. V. Radhakrishna, Ravi Rautji, and Shivakumar D. K. "Road traffic accidents attending casualty in a tertiary care hospital : a 03 year study from South Western India." International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences 7, no. 10 (September 25, 2019): 3744. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20194303.
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Background: Road Traffic Accident (RTA) is any vehicular accident occurring on the roadway i.e. originating on, terminating on, or involving a vehicle partially on the roadway. Road traffic accidents are a human tragedy which has an immeasurable impact on the families affected. The WHO estimates that over 1.2 million people pass away every year on the world’s roads, and between 20 and 50 million fall victims to non-fatal injuries. The incidence of RTA remains poorly measured in India.Methods: The present study is conducted at casualty department of a tertiary care hospital in South Western India among victims of road traffic accident. This cross sectional study was conducted to elucidate the role of various factors involved in road traffic accidents and to study demographic profile and injury pattern among RTA victims. All the reported RTA cases from 1st January 2016 to 31st December 2018 were included in the study.Results: A total of 875 cases of RTA were studied. There were 83.77%(n=733) male and 16.23%(n=142) female accident victims. Most of the patients were aged between 21 and 30 years. Monsoons witnessed 46.63%(n=408) cases. Most cases occurred between 6 and 12pm (54.4%, n=476). Commonest injury was a simple injury (72.91%, n=638), dangerous injuries (27.09% percent, n=237) and dead was (7.43%, n=65). The highest number of accidents took place in the month of June (19.09%, n=167) and on Sundays (22.17%). Among the motorized vehicles, two-wheeler drivers were more (76.91%, n=673) involved in accidents. In this study 17.60% (n=154) were under influence of alcohol while driving.Conclusions: This study shows there are multiple factors associated with road traffic accidents. Most of the factors responsible for RTA and its fatal consequences are preventable. India, as a signatory to the Brasilia declaration, intends to reduce road accidents and traffic fatalities by 50% by 2022. A comprehensive multipronged approach can mitigate most of them.
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P., Shakeer Kahn, Bayapa Reddy N., Ashok Kumar Reddy K., and Ravi Prabhu G. "Study on risk factors of road traffic accident victims attending a tertiary care hospital at Tirupati." International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health 4, no. 5 (April 24, 2017): 1708. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20171789.
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Background: Road traffic accidents stand as one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity across the globe. Increase in the number of motor vehicles, poor enforcement of traffic safety regulations, inadequacy of health infrastructure, and poor transport facilities makes the situation still worse. The objective of the study is to know the role of victims and various risk factors related to RTA. To determine the association of risk factors with type of injury and to know the pre-existing medical disorders in RTA victims.Methods: A hospital based, cross sectional study with victims of road traffic accidents admitted in S.V.R.R. Government General Hospital, Tirupati, as study subjects was done during June 2013 to May 2014 for one year where 820 victims of road traffic accidents were interviewed after taking prior consent using a predesigned questionnaire.Results: Most of the victims were drivers (48.5%) followed by passengers (31.7%) and pedestrian (19.8%). No two wheeler driver was wearing helmet. 74% of the four wheeler occupants were not using seat belts. Among drivers and pedestrians, 29.2% were under the influence of alcohol and 12.7% were listening to music. 55.8% of the passengers felt that their vehicle was going with over speed. 17.1% & 11.0% of the participants had history of hypertension and diabetes.Conclusions: There is a need to develop integrated surveillance system to identify the road traffic injury burden and the causal/risk factors. Enforcement of stringent road traffic laws to bring down the burden of road traffic accidents.
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Maharani, T., and A. Haedar. "(A18) The Influence of Status and the Patterns of Driving License Ownership Toward the Gradation of Open Fractures According to Sardjito Scoring System Suffered by Motorcycles Accident Patients in Emergency Department of Saiful Anwar General Hospital from April to June 2010." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 26, S1 (May 2011): s5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x11000318.
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Introduction3880 fracture patients are admitted in the Emergency Department of Saiful Anwar General Hospital from January to August 2009. It signifies to the second place of the cause of patients' admission. Most cases are motorcyclist victims from road traffic accident. Driving license is encouraged by the government to reduce the number of road traffic accident victims.MethodsThis study utilizes observational with cross sectional study and purposive sampling to correlate the relationship between status of motorcycle driving license ownership and the obedience of traffic law, the relationship between the patterns of motorcycle driving license ownership and the obedience of traffic law, and the relationship between the obedience towards traffic law and the gradation of open fractures among motorcyclist victims in accordance with Sardjito Scoring system.ResultsMost patients have no driving license. And those who has driving license, mostly have never undergone driving license test. Patients with open fractures of cruris come with severe Sardjito scoring system, open fractures of antebrachii with moderate Sardjito scoring system, and open fractures of femur with moderate Sardjito scoring system.DiscussionIt is strongly related between the ownership of driving license and road traffic accidents. The most road traffic accidents cases of are open fractures of cruris, open fractures of antebrachii, and open fractures of femur respectively. High obedience and strict use of personal protective equipment (safety helmet, glove, and jacket) would be effective in mitigating road traffic accident injuries.
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Guryev, S. O., V. A. Kushnir, S. P. Satsyk, and V. I. Grebenyuk. "Road traffic injury associated with alcohol intoxication (clinical and epidemiological analysis based on traffic participation)." TRAUMA 22, no. 2 (June 15, 2021): 21–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.22141/1608-1706.2.22.2021.231954.
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Background. The article is devoted to the problem of traffic accidents that occurred against the background of alcohol intoxication. With the development of technology and science over the past decade, the number of victims with severe multisystem damage has increased worldwide. The most common causes of injuries are traffic accidents. According to the WHO, road traffic injuries are one of the leading causes of death among people of working age. The UN Decade of Road Safety (2011–2020) has indicated that road safety is the most painful and difficult issue to address. The purpose of the study was to examine the impact of alcohol intoxication on the circumstances of injuries based on the participation in traffic in victims with multisystem injuries due to traffic accidents. Materials and methods. A scientific retrospective analysis of 312 cases of multisystem injuries in road accident victims who were treated in the Polytrauma Department of the Kyiv City Clinical Ambulance Hospital in 2018–2019 years. Results. The injuries due to road accidents occur in 46 % of people who are intoxicated. There is a probable dependence of road accident victims on the signs of alcohol intoxication and participation in the traffic. In a state of alcohol intoxication, drivers are injured in 46.43 % of cases, pedestrians in 52.53 %, passengers in 31.43 %. The comparative analysis of the risk of death in victims of accidents with and without alcohol intoxication and based on the participation in traffic proved that the risk of death of drivers while intoxicated is more than 2-fold higher than in drivers without alcohol intoxication and is 0.49. Conclusions. Pedestrians have the greatest clinically effective risks of fatalities in the traumatic process, regardless of the presence or absence of alcohol intoxication, such a risk is critical or catastrophic. Alcohol intoxication increases the risk of a fatal traumatic process in active road users (drivers and pedestrians) and does not impact this result in passive road users (passengers)
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Imran, Shahla, Ghulam Muhayudin, Sadia Abdul Qayyum, Inayatullah Magsi, Sono Mal, Deedar Ali, Ejaz Ahmed Awan, and Abdul samad. "Assessment of Mortality Pattern Based on Autopsy in Victims of Road Traffic Accident." Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences 15, no. 10 (October 30, 2021): 2890–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.53350/pjmhs2115102890.
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Background: The Trauma and road accident is considered as major cause mortality in the young adults’ populations around the world. The understanding the importance of forensic investigation of un-natural deaths, accidental injuries and suicidal cases is required by medical staff and patients’ family members. Objective: To asses of mortality pattern based on autopsy in victims of road traffic accident Study Design: Retrospective study Place and Duration of the Study: Medicolegal Section of Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad, Pakistan from 1st January 2018 to 31st December 2019. Methodology: Six hundred and twenty nine autopsies were included. Deaths due to road traffic accident were included. Results: There were 472 males and 157 females between 31 to 50 years. Two hundred and forty nine patients were admitted in ICU. Two hundred and fourteen patients had affected head region followed by face 104 injuries. While 74 had affected neck, 67 affected thorax, 63 affected abdominal region, 52 affected spine and 55 had affected lower extremities.173 were died due to damage of central nervous system. The damages were due to car accident was 62, motorbike 73, rickshaw 22 and other reasons 14. One hundred and forty patients were died due to fracture of skull. Conclusion: The mortalities rates are under reported in majority of accidental cases due to lacking of autopsies procedures. Keywords: Autopsy, Assessment, Mortality pattern, Road traffic accident
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Gallo, Alain Dl, Joanne Barton, and William Li Parry-Jones. "Road traffic accidents: Early psychological consequences in children and adolescents." British Journal of Psychiatry 170, no. 4 (April 1997): 358–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.170.4.358.
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BackgroundAlthough road traffic accidents are a major cause of injury and death in children and adolescents, research into their psychological consequences consists mainly of case reports.MethodA prospective study was made of young road traffic accident victims; 57 subjects, aged 5–18 years, who had been injured in road traffic accidents, and their parents, were interviewed 2–16 days post-accident and re-examined after 12–15 weeks.ResultsPost-accident stress symptoms occurred at both times. There was a decrease of symptom severity between the two interviews, but at the later time, 14% still suffered from moderate or severe post-traumatic stress disorder, 17% from serious traffic-related fears, and parents reported increased mood disturbance in their children compared with the pre-accident period. High levels of distress during and immediately after the accident were associated with severe post-traumatic stress symptoms.ConclusionsThere is an urgent need for healthcare staff working with children and adolescents involved in road traffic accidents to be aware of the potential psychological consequences and the importance of the immediate accident experience on subsequent coping.
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Septyah, Wahyu Estu. "Profile of Road Traffic Accident Victims Admitted at Bhayangkara Pusdik Sabhara Porong Hospital." International Islamic Medical Journal 3, no. 2 (June 30, 2022): 119–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.33086/iimj.v3i2.3528.
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Background: Traffic accidents are a health problem in forensic medicine that often occurs in society and needs attention, mainly because it is still a major problem in implementing road transportation in Indonesia. Traffic accidents increase yearly along with the increasing number of road users and the ease of ownership of transportation facilities. In 2012, the death toll from traffic accidents in Indonesia was 29,544, with a case fatality rate (CFR) of 14.95%. In 2013, the victims died from traffic accidents, namely 26,416 people, with a case fatality rate (CFR) of 15.98%. In 2014 the victims died due to traffic accidents, namely 28,297 people with a case fatality rate (CFR), traffic accidents of 17.16%. In 2015 the victim died due to traffic accidents, namely 26,185 people with a case fatality rate (CFR) traffic accident of 15.37%. Objective: To describe profile of road traffic accident victims admitted at Bhayangkara Pusdik Sabhara Porong Hospital in 2021-2022. Methods: This research is a retrospective descriptive study. The research sample used was medical record data of traffic accident patients examined at Bhayangkara Pusdik Sabhara Porong Hospital in 2021-2022. Result: The incidence of traffic accidents at Bhayangkara Pusdik Sabhara Porong Hospital can be described as follows; 71.4% are male. Thirteen people (37.1%) are aged 15-29 and based on where the most occurrences on the Surabaya-Malang highway, there are ten people (28.6%), and then based on the time of the incident where the most happened at 12.00 – 18.00, namely 12 people (34.2%), based on the position of the victim where the most were as motorists. Motorcycles have as many as 26 people (74.3%), and based on the type of injury where the most were abrasions is 24 people (40%). Conclusion: The description of the incidence of traffic accidents at the Bhayangkara Pusdik Sabhara Porong Hospital in 2021-2022 is mainly experienced by men of productive age. It occurred on the Surabaya-Malang highway, which has a heavy traffic flow; the time of the incident was during working hours, position the victim was a motorcyclist, and the most common types of injuries were blunt force trauma.
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Bhandari, Binus, Sugam Shrestha, and Dipendra Khadka. "An Epidemiological Study of Road Traffic Accident Cases Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital." Journal of Nepalgunj Medical College 20, no. 1 (July 31, 2022): 62–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jngmc.v20i1.48345.
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Introduction: Road traffic accidents are a major global health problem. Incidence of road traffic accidents can be minimized by applying safety measures and following strict traffic rules and regulations.
Aims: The main purpose of our study was to find out the socio-demographic profile of the victims involved in road traffic accidents and to provide epidemiological data.
Methods: This is a hospital based, cross sectional study with victims of road traffic accidents attending to Nepalgunj Medical College, Kohalpur,a tertiary care center. Consecutive patients of road traffic accidents attending emergency department or admitted in wards (surgery, orthopedic or neurosurgery) were taken and information of injury pertaining to epidemiological factors and demographic profile along with time of occurrence of accident, type of vehicle involved, the pattern of injury, site of accident and part of body involved was collected on a pre-designed proforma.
Results: Total patients enrolled in the study were 410.Majority of victims were young with age group of 10-19 years(18.5%). By gender male were more affected than female (67.8% versus 32.2%).Incident was more among married couple (61%). Majority belongs to Hindu by religion (96.1%). Regarding educational level majority have attained school level education (46.8%). By occupation majority were students (36.1%) followed by private employee (16.6%). Most of road traffic accidents were happened during summer season (65.4%). Regarding time most accidents were in between 6 PM10PM. Major site of accident was highway (63.4%). Among vehicle involved 4 wheelers were more common (65.4%).Head, neck and face region was found mostly injured in this study (33.2%). Most common type of injury was abrasion (30.7%) then followed by laceration (26.3%).
Conclusion: Road traffic accidents can be minimized and it’s fatal consequences also preventable by strict enforcement of traffic rules and applying safety measures.