بررسي دموگرافك بيماران ترومايي ناشي از تصادفات رانندگي در شهر يزد

In industrial countries events due to accident with vehicle is known fourth cause of mortality in all ages. Head trauma is most cause of deaths with motor vehicles. Head injury in age below 45 years has reported in the most common cause of mortality in U.S.A as well. With world of turbulent and high speed of vehicles increasing trauma and statistics of increasing day to day of accident, most common mechanism of trauma is by car accident. Which has close relative with culture safety of roads, city streets, automobible speed and possibility of community. The aim of study is evaluation demografic of etiology and complication injuries by car accident in the Yazd city. This study is type of descreptive cross - sectional in second six months of 1378 and first six months of 1379. Casualties evaluated by random in one month of each season. Results show most of casualties are male (81.9%) and female (18.1%). They were less than one year age and up to 84 years. From point of education was not meaningful relation with knowledge of people. Only 45% of them were with high qualification. Damage to body organs include head and neck 42.5% lower limb 21.8% upper limb 5.4% and 5.4% had trauma to the chest and abdomen. Most accidents happened in summer and most common kind of vehicles was motor cycle. Average time of casualties to arrive in emergency department was 60 minutes and average day stay in hospital 2.5 days and 12 days has rested at home. Most of the patients were in the way of home and work. With hospitalʹs cost, disability and occupied hospital beds is cost effective to community. Otherwise young people specially men which are the active member of community are exposed to damage. So for perevention of loss of life and property suggest to teach the rule of driving and safety manner traffic department.