Abstract
Injuries are major public health problem globally. Each year over 5 million people around the world die as result of injury. Injuries are ranked among the leading cause of death and disability particularly in the low income and middle income countries where they are growing in significance. The general objective of this research was to assess pattern of injury among patients visiting the emergency department of Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Ethiopia. Retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted among injured patients, who visited the adult Emergency Department of Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital from February 2015 to June 2015. Data was collected using structured check list adopted from World Health Organization (WHO) Injury surveillance guideline with modification. Most injuries occurred by road traffic accident accounted for 54% and the majority 80% were male. The more injured age group was 21-30 and accounted for 41%. Among the injuries, 62% of the injuries were accidental, anatomically injured part of the body was head and neck which was accounted for 52.2%. This research is crucial and base line to understand the problems of injury and the policy maker will develop guide lines to prevent the cause of trauma and improving health care service systems in health institutions and society.
Highlights
Injuries are major public health problem globally
Hospital based retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted in Emergency department of Hawassa University Comprehensive and Specialized Hospital (HUCSH), from February, 2015 to June 30, 2015 which is found in Hawassa city, 273 Km far from Addis Ababa
Most pattern of injuries were due to road traffic accidents (RTA) which accounts 186 (53.9%), followed by fighting 76 (22%), fall down accident 52 (15.1%) and stub injury 11 (3.2%) as described in table 2
Summary
Injuries are major public health problem globally. Each year over 5 million people around the world die as result of injury. The general objective of this research was to assess pattern of injury among patients visiting the emergency department of Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Ethiopia. Most injuries occurred by road traffic accident accounted for 54% and the majority 80% were male. Over 5 million people die as result of injury injuries put an enormous burden on hospital emergency each year around the world and nearly 2 times the number of departments and trauma care systems [5]. Among the major causes of injury range of 15 to 44 years This is the economically productive violence, road traffic crashes, burns, drowning, falls, and age-group and major financial support for their families [8]. In American, motor Road traffic accidents (RTAs) are the leading cause of vehicle crashes, falls, or homicides cause more death than morbidity and mortality in adolescents and young adults
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