CONSIDERATIONS ON POLYTRAUMATISM IN THE YOUNG ADULT

Abstract

Trauma continues to be a major problem in the young, working-age population, so many societies have tried to improve polytrauma care methods. Over the last two decades, various systems have been published to facilitate the identification of treatment strategies for patients with multiple trauma. Safe and prompt individualized management (Prompt individualized safe management (PRISM)) is a new concept that includes the approach of each patient separately.The main objectives of this study were to highlight the socio-demographic characteristics, clinical and paraclinical characteristics, and various risk factors of young adults with polytrauma. The study presented in this article was of a descriptive, retrospective type, including 1294 patients who presented themselves in the Emercency-department of the " Saint Andrei" County Emergency Hospital, Galaţi.The data obtained from the statistical reports of the hospital and the presentation sheets of the patients, have been statistically analyzed using SPSS and MS Excell. There for, we have been able to analyze and to obtain statistically relevant results for the distribution of polytrauma cases, seasonality and evolution aspects regarding the toracoabdominal traumas (87.5%) and craniofacial traumas (76.8%), which have been the most frequent forms.