TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - An epidemiological survey on motorcycle accident victims assisted at a Reference Trauma Center of Sergipe
JO  - Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P
A1  - Vieira, Rita de Cássia Almeida
A1  - Hora, Edilene Curvelo
A1  - Oliveira, Daniel Vieira de
A1  - Vaez, Andréia Centenaro
SP  - 1359
EP  - 1363
VL  - 45
IS  - 6
N2  - The trauma caused by motorcycle accidents affects a large number of victims and is a serious public health problem in Brazil. This documental study was performed with a quantitative approach with the objective to raise epidemiological data from 554 motorcycle accident victims assisted in September and October 2006 in a referral center for trauma of Sergipe. The result analysis shows a predominance of men (82.7%) with mean age of 27.78 years, who were admitted during the night shift (45.9%), Sunday (27.3%), whose injuries were abrasions (n=169) on the head, face and neck. The victims stayed in the hospital for up to 12 hours (76%) and were discharged. Of the registered cases, 14.6% were suspected of having consumed alcohol and 19.3% were not wearing a helmet during the accident.<p />  <p>Language: pt</p>
LA  - pt
SN  - 0080-6234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -