%0 Journal Article
%T Profile and outcome of victims of an earthquake in an aging society: a population-based descriptive study of the earthquake in Osaka, Japan, on June 18, 2018
%J Disaster medicine and public health preparedness
%D 2022
%A Katayama, Yusuke
%A Kitamura, Tetsuhisa
%A Tanaka, Jun
%A Nakao, Shota
%A Nitta, Masahiko
%A Fujimi, Satoshi
%A Kuwagata, Yasuyuki
%A Shimazu, Takeshi
%A Matsuoka, Tetsuya
%V ePub
%N ePub
%P ePub-ePub
%X OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to reveal the characteristics and outcomes of patients injured in a major earthquake and who were transported to a hospital by ambulance. <br><br>METHODS: This study was a retrospective descriptive epidemiological study including all patients who were injured after a major earthquake struck Osaka Prefecture on June 18, 2018, and were transported to a hospital by ambulance. The main outcome was the prognosis at each hospital's emergency department. <br><br>RESULTS: In total, 214 patients were included in the analysis. Their median age was 74 years (IQR, 54-82); 53 (24.8%) were men and 161 (75.2%) were women. The median time from ambulance call to arrival at the scene was 10 min (IQR, 7-15), and the median time from ambulance call to the hospital arrival was 37 min (IQR, 30-51). Ninety-seven patients (45.3%) were admitted to a hospital, 114 patients (53.3%) were discharged home to and from the emergency department, and 3 patients (1.4%) died. Among the patients discharged to home from the emergency department, the most common pathological condition was head bruising in 16 patients. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: This study revealed the profile of injured patients transported by ambulances after an earthquake that struck an aging society.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Cambridge University Press
%@ 1935-7893
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2022.61