Abstract
A study to assess the factors associated with severity of road traffic injuries in the emergency medicine department in rural India
Highlights
A study to assess the factors associated with severity of road traffic injuries in the emergency medicine department in rural India
Data was collected for patients coming to the emergency department of PESIMSR, Kuppam with the history of road traffic accidents
Usage of seat belts or helmets was almost non-existent at 0.4% Most of the roads were single roads (94.4%)
Summary
A study to assess the factors associated with severity of road traffic injuries in the emergency medicine department in rural India From EMCON 2014: International Conference on Emergency Medicine; 16th Annual Conference by the Society for Emergency Medicine in India (SEMI) Mumbai, India. Objective To assess the factors associated with severity of road traffic injuries in a rural setting and to compare between the factors and the severity of road traffic injuries. Method Data was collected for patients coming to the emergency department of PESIMSR, Kuppam with the history of road traffic accidents.
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