Profile Of Roadside Accident Cases In Accident And Emergency Department Of Tertiary Care Institution

DR. VIVEK KUMAR SAHU; DR. ASHOK KUMAR; DR. ANURAG CHHABRA; DR. SHEKHAR TANK; DR.SURENDER SINGH

Volume : IX, Issue : IV, April - 2019

Profile Of Roadside Accident Cases In Accident And Emergency Department Of Tertiary Care Institution

Dr. Vivek Kumar Sahu, Dr. Ashok Kumar, Dr. Anurag Chhabra, Dr. Shekhar Tank, Dr. Surender Singh

Abstract :

Introduction: In recent years the incidence of Road Traffic Accidents is increasing at an alarming rate throughout the world posing itself as a major epidemiological as well as medico–legal problem This study was aimed to evaluate profile of roadside accident cases attending accident and emergency department. The cross sectional study was conducted in department of orthopedics, Maharaja Agrasen Medical College, Agroha, Hisar. Methods: Road traffic accident cases admitted to a tertiary care hospital from April 2017 to December 2017 were included in the study. A total of 688 patients were studied. Information was collected through pre–tested questionnaire performa and collected data was entered into an electronic database and was analyzed statistically in SPSS version 20.0 software. injuries>12 hours and ought dead were excluded. Results: During the 9 months period 688 injured patients were seen in emergency department. Maximum (n=429, 63.36 percent) were in age group of 18–45 years &there were 561 males (81.54 percent) and 127 (18.46 percent) female patients. Maximum (n=215, 31.25 percent) were injured in time period 4:00 pm–8:00 pm. Maximum (n=497, 72.24 percent) accident causing vehicle were two wheeler and 114 (16.57 percent) accidents causing vehicle were four wheeler. Out of these most of patients (n=219, 20.02 percent) were not weå helmet on 2 wheeler motorized vehicle. Conclusion: There are multiple factors associated with road traffic accidents which due to the lack of road safety measures in the country are playing their role. It is the need of the hour to address this issue and formulate comprehensive, scientific and practical rules and regulations as well as evaluate its enforcement.