Geriatric injury: An analysis of prehospital demographics, mechanisms, and patterns
作者： Daniel W Spaite , Elizabeth A Criss , Terence D Valenzuela , Harvey W Meislin , John Ross
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(05)82611-3
关键词: Emergency medical services 、 Occupational safety and health 、 Poison control 、 Medicine 、 Geriatrics 、 Etiology 、 Injury prevention 、 EMS dispatch 、 Medical emergency 、 Choking
摘要: Study objective: To evaluate emergency medical services (EMS) system use, injury mechanisms, and prehospital assessments among elderly victims of trauma. Design: We analyzed all data for injuries patients 70 years old or older whom 911 EMS dispatch was requested in a medium-sized metropolitan area during 12-month period. Results: A total 1,154 cases occurred (women, 65.1%), which represented 30.3% dispatches involving patients. Injury mechanisms were fall (60.7%), motor vehicle accident (MVA; 21.5%), fight (2.4%), accidental poisoning (2.3%), choking (2.1%). Persons their 90s had lower frequency MVAs (3.4%) than did younger (23.0%) ( P Conclusion: report patterns trauma presenting to an system. knowledge these will be useful physicians administrators.
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