Characterization of traffic accidents attended by a mobile urgency care service

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

Objective: characterizing the traffic accidents attended by the mobile urgency care service of Rio Grande do Norte. Method: a descriptive, exploratory research of a quantitative approach performed in a Service Mobile Urgency Care. Results: the sample consisted of 1.353 chips of attendance from January to June 2014. Stood out the male gender (78,0%), aged between 25 and 34 years old (29,9%). The highest number was in the weekend (53,9%), during the evening (25,9%) and the most recurrent type of collision was falling motorcycle (35,8%). The excoriations were the injuries most common (28,7%) and multiple traumas occurred in 34,1% of the victims. Conclusion: it is significant the importance of ongoing education of health professionals, because, how much faster and qualified the first assistance, the better the chances of a good prognosis.

Object Details

• Alternative title: Caracterização dos acidentes de trânsito assistidos por um serviço de atendimento móvel de urgência ; Caracterización de los accidentes de tráfico atendidos por un servicio de atención movil de urgencia
• ISSN: 2175-5361
• Extent: Seite(n): 4269-4279
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 8(2)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Soziologie, Anthropologie ; Medizinsoziologie ; Unfall ; Verkehrswesen ; Hilfeleistung ; medizinische Versorgung ; Weiterbildung ; Gesundheitspersonal

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Gomes, Andréa Tayse de Lima ; Silva, Micheline da Fonseca ; Dantas, Bruno Araújo da Silva ; Dantas, Rodrigo Assis Neves ; Mendonça, Ana Elza Oliveira de ; Torres, Gilson de Vasconcelos
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (when): 2016

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2016.v8i2.4269-4279
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-53760-7
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:26 PM CEST