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Abstract
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BACKGROUND: During our school age we were told drivers disappear during vehicular crashes. When we became teenagers we saw crashes where drivers sustained injuries and some even died. However, the myth continued when we observed arguments and sometimes exchange of insulting words between drivers and passengers due to reckless driving on our roads. We decided to study the outcome of traumatic brain injuries in these groups of people as majority of crash victims sustain traumatic brain injuries.
Objectives: To study the outcome of traumatic brain injuries between drivers and passengers from motor vehicular crashes.
Methods: It was a prospective, observational and comparative studies between drivers and passengers who were managed in our center for traumatic brain injuries from motor vehicular crashes from August 2010 to July 2016. Data were collected using structured proforma which was component of our prospective data bank that was approved by our ethics committee. The data was analyzed with Environmental Performance Index info 7 software.
Results: There were 102 patients in the study. Drivers were 34 and passengers were 68. Males were 79. The average age was 33.44 years. There was no significant differences between drivers and passengers in terms of age, severity of injuries, treatment outcome and length of hospital stay.
Conclusion: There was no significant difference in severity of injuries, treatment outcome and length of hospital stay between drivers and passengers who sustained traumatic brain injuries from vehicular crashes. The complacency of the drivers and assumption by people must have led to the notion of drivers disappearing.
Keywords: Drivers, Motor vehicular crashes, Outcome, Passengers, Traumatic brain injuries.
Language: en |