Characterization of traffic accidents attended by a mobile urgency care service

Gomes, Andréa Tayse de Lima; Silva, Micheline da Fonseca; Dantas, Bruno Araújo da Silva; Dantas, Rodrigo Assis Neves; Mendonça, Ana Elza Oliveira de; Torres, Gilson de Vasconcelos

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%T Characterization of traffic accidents attended by a mobile urgency care service
%A Gomes, Andréa Tayse de Lima
%A Silva, Micheline da Fonseca
%A Dantas, Bruno Araújo da Silva
%A Dantas, Rodrigo Assis Neves
%A Mendonça, Ana Elza Oliveira de
%A Torres, Gilson de Vasconcelos
%J Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online
%N 2
%P 4269-4279
%V 8
%D 2016
%@ 2175-5361
%> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-53760-7
%X Objective: characterizing the traffic accidents attended by the mobile urgency care service of Rio Grande do Norte. Method: a descriptive, exploratory research of a quantitative approach performed in a Service Mobile Urgency Care. Results: the sample consisted of 1.353 chips of attendance from January to June 2014. Stood out the male gender (78,0%), aged between 25 and 34 years old (29,9%). The highest number was in the weekend (53,9%), during the evening (25,9%) and the most recurrent type of collision was falling motorcycle (35,8%). The excoriations were the injuries most common (28,7%) and multiple traumas occurred in 34,1% of the victims. Conclusion: it is significant the importance of ongoing education of health professionals, because, how much faster and qualified the first assistance, the better the chances of a good prognosis.
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