TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1975//
TI  - The impact of sports injuries in winter on medical services
JO  - New Zealand medical journal
A1  - Lingard, D. A.
A1  - Sharrock, N. E.
A1  - Salmond, C. E.
SP  - 229
EP  - 232
VL  - 82
IS  - 549
N2  - 2529 injured sportsmen were treated at the Hutt and Wellington accident and emergency departments from 1 April to 31 August 1972. Almost two-thirds (62 percent) of these injuries were sustained during Saturday games, but only one-third (36.7 percent) of those injured presented on Saturdays. In view of the necessity to x-ray 75 percent, refer 18 percent to other hospital departments and admit 7.6 percent to hospital, a sports medicine clinic is suggested within the hospital complex. Such a clinic would ease the A and E work load and, at the same time, provide improved treatment for injured sportsmen.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0028-8446
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -