TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - 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
JO  - Disaster medicine and public health preparedness
A1  - Katayama, Yusuke
A1  - Kitamura, Tetsuhisa
A1  - Tanaka, Jun
A1  - Nakao, Shota
A1  - Nitta, Masahiko
A1  - Fujimi, Satoshi
A1  - Kuwagata, Yasuyuki
A1  - Shimazu, Takeshi
A1  - Matsuoka, Tetsuya
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1935-7893
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2022.61
ID  - ref1
ER  -