CHARACTERIZATION OF VICTIMS ATTENDED BY MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT SERVICE PRE-HOSPITAL

• Main Authors: Nalu Rodrigues Felix, Suellen Rodrigues de Oliveira, Alan Nogueira da Cunha, Camila Schirmer
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade de Brasília 2013-12-01
• Series: Revista Gestão & Saúde
• Subjects: Traffic Accidents. Emergency Medical Services.Firefighters.
• Online Access: http://gestaoesaude.unb.br/index.php/gestaoesaude/article/view/526/pdf

This isa descriptive studywith a quantitative approach, aiming to characterize the profileof victims ofmotorcycle accidents attended by the Fire Departmentat Sinop-MT. Thepopulation consisted of473vítimas. Data analysiswas performed usingdescriptive statistics.The survey resultsrevealed thatmost victimsofmotorcycle accidentswere male(61.3%) aged15 to 35 years, beingthe maindriver of themotorcyclevictimattendedby professionals from thefire departmentandbody regioninjuries weremost affectedbytheupper and lower limbsrepresenting78.4%. Given our resultshas beenthe expectationthat thisstudy willdraw attention tothe high rates ofvictimsof traffic accidentsinvolving motorcyclesat Sinop-MT, which are having theirlives cut shortorimpairedtheir quality.