Title of article :
Investigation of the Accidents Recorded at an Emergency Management Center Using the Pareto Chart: A Cross-Sectional Study in Gonabad, Iran, During 2014-2016
Author/Authors :
beheshti, mohammad hosein gonabad university of medical sciences - school of health - department of occupational health, Gonabad, Iran , hajizadeh, roohalah qom university of medical sciences - work health research center, Qom, Iran , farhang dehghan, somayeh shahid beheshti university of medical sciences - school of public health - department of occupational health engineering, Tehran, Iran , aghababaei, reza hamadan university of medical sciences - school of health - department of occupational health engineering, Hamadan, Iran , jafari, mohammad khatam al-nabieen university - school of medicine - department of occupational health engineering, Kabul, Afghanistan , koohpaei, alireza qom university of medical sciences - school of health, occupational health research center - department of occupational health engineering, Qom, Iran
Abstract :
Background: This study investigated the accidents recorded at the Gonabad Hospital Management Center for Hospital Management from 2014 to 2016, and identified important causes or parameters that influenced the incidence of accidents using the Pareto chart. Materials and Methods: This descriptive and analytic study examined 25,414 incidents recorded at the Gonabad Hospital Management Center. The key variables such as the types of accident, age, time, types of lesion, and treatment, were collected for transport and nontransport accident. Data analysis was performed using Pareto chart as well as Minitabver v.16 and SPSS v.21 software. Results: Based on the results, the highest rate of the accidents (39.79%) were among people aged between 0-10 years. Transport accidents (17.61%) and heart attacks (10.92%) were the most common that occurred during the study. The spring had the highest rate of accidents, while the winter had the lowest. Conclusion: Transportation accidents had the highest rate of incidents and injuries; therefore, the safety of transportation and vehicles should be taken more seriously.
