DEMOGRAPHY OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINE INJURIES AFFECTING UPPER EXTREMITY

Dr. Aviral Gupta; Dr. Nirottam Singh; Dr. Devi Sahai Meena

Volume : VI, Issue : XII, December - 2017

DEMOGRAPHY OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINE INJURIES AFFECTING UPPER EXTREMITY

Dr. Aviral Gupta, Dr. Nirottam Singh, Dr. Devi Sahai Meena

Abstract :

It is a prospective hospital based study conducted to evaluate the demographic parameters of agricultural machine injuries affecting the upper extremity and study the various factors contributing to occurrence of such injuries, on 130 cases admitted between January 2016 to December 2016, in a high volume tertiary care centre in Rajasthan. Injuries occurred mostly across the younger age group, ranging from simple incised wounds with soft tissue and bone injury or mutilating and crushing type injury. Quite a substantial number of patients did not receive any first aid.

Agricultural machines inflict grievous trauma, especially to the upper extremity, and usually involve the economically most productive age group ie. <45 years. However, primary and tertiary care for these patients still remains deficient. There is an urgent need to address hazard issues and education safer operation. More importantly, steps to improve health care services aimed at managing injuries are imminently required.