KMID : 1140520210250020099
|
|
Korean Journal of Emergency Medical Services 2021 Volume.25 No. 2 p.99 ~ p.112
|
|
Current status of traffic accident victims who were transported by 119 ambulances in Chungcheongnam-do
|
|
Kim Jin-Hyeon
Choi Eun-Sook Lee Kyoung-Youl
|
|
Abstract
|
|
|
Purpose: The study aimed to analyze the current status of traffic accident victims who were transported by 119 ambulances within the administrative district of Chungnam province and provide essential data for accident prevention.
Methods: The pre-hospital care records of patients who called the 119 emergency service in 2019 were obtained from the Chungnam Fire Department. Data pertaining to 13,663 traffic accident victims who were transported to hospitals were analyzed.
Results: Patients in those aged ¡Ã60 years accounted for 49.8% of the total cases. In patients aged ¡Ã80 years(n=2,154), motor cycle accidents were highest as 28.3%. In addition, cultivator (n=135) and buggy car (n=79) accident victims were the highest in aged ¡Ã80 years as 66.7% and 67.1%, respectively. Traffic accident victims-population ratio in Chungnam was 0.65%, wherein 2.03% included population aged ¡Ã80 years.
Conclusion: It was clear that accidents varied across administrative districts depending on the age group of population distribution. Thus, safety measures for preventing motorcycle, cultivator, and buggy car accidents are necessary for areas with many older people aged ¡Ã80 years.
|
|
KEYWORD
|
|
Prehospital medical records, Traffic accident, Administrative district, Age group
|
|
FullTexts / Linksout information
|
|
|
|
Listed journal information
|
|
|