Alencar NM, Mota DS, Fernandes FECV, Mola R. Trajectory of the Victims of Overland Transport Accidents: From Prehospital to Hospital Care.
SAGE Open Nurs 2021;
6:2377960820919630. [PMID:
33415275 PMCID:
PMC7774367 DOI:
10.1177/2377960820919630]
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Abstract
Objective
The aim is to evaluate the trajectory of the victims of ground transportation
accidents from the prehospital care to the hospital.
Methods
The sample consisted of 1,264 patients collected from the prehospital care,
from June 2015 to June 2016. The trajectory was analyzed by the difference
in the average time elapsed between the call and the hospital entrance. The
Mann–Whitney and Kruskal–Wallis tests were used, adopting a significance
level of 5% and 95% confidence.
Results
Patients had a mean age of 31.2 years, Glasgow Coma Scale of 14.8 points, and
24.8 days of hospitalization. It is characterized predominantly masculine,
conductive of the vehicle, being the motorcycle prevalent; most of them wore
a helmet/seat belt and no alcohol. The association between the average time
of care and the characteristics related to the victim was significant: the
use of the belt/helmet, alcoholism, and type of discharge and relative to
the accident: area of occurrence, period of the week, shift of occurrence,
type of prehospital care, and other party involved.
Conclusion
The characteristics related to ground transportation accident interfere in
the time of prehospital care to the hospital, which can influence the
prognosis.
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