Profile of trauma patients attending a tertiary care hospital of Raipur City (C.G.), India

Dr. Deepak Sharma

Volume : VIII, Issue : XII, December - 2019

Profile of trauma patients attending a tertiary care hospital of Raipur City (C.G.), India

Dr. Deepak Sharma

Abstract :

Introduction- Trauma is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in both developed and developing countries. Occupational injuries leading to disability are also of major concern in a country like India as many industries continue to be unregulated. The majority of trauma deaths occur in the pre-hospital periods due to insufficient pre-hospital care where the first 60 min after trauma has been considered as the �golden hour� of trauma. Material & method-The retrospective study on trauma patients presenting to the surgery department of Dr. BRAM Hospital, Pt. JNM Medical college Raipur,(C.G) India during study period July 2017 to june 2019. The study recruited all trauma patients more than 18 years of age presenting to the department. The inclusion criteria were all patients who had sustained trauma through RTA, industrial incidents, electrical injuries, fall from height or level ground, or trauma related to assault, sports, and animals. Details of history, physical examination and other necessary findings of all patients were recorded on a standard data collection form. Result- Out of total 837 study subjects, Majority of the subjects were in the age group of 26 – 40 years (36.9%) followed by 27.6% in the age group of 41 – 60 years. The gender distribution was 61.3% males and 38.7% females. The Triage priority distribution was 13.0% in priority one, 58.8% of the subjects were in priority two followed by 28.2% in priority three. 14.09% of all trauma patients had a TBI. Conclusions- The prevalence of Trauma cases showing increasing trend as compared to last two decades. Our study shows that RTA and falls are the predominant causes of trauma.