Open AccessFall from Standing Height, or Greater, and Mortality among Ambulance-Transported Patients with Major Trauma from Falls
Author(s) -
Peter Buzzacott,
Hideo Tohira,
Paul Bailey,
Glenn Arendts,
Stephen Ball,
Elizabeth Brown,
Judith Finn
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
australasian journal of paramedicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.177
H-Index - 15
ISSN - 2202-7270
DOI - 10.33151/ajp.18.904
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency medicine , poison control , major trauma , injury prevention , medical emergency , demography , sociology
This study describes the relationship between falls from standing height, or greater, and mortality in ambulance-transported patients with major trauma from falls.MethodsRoad ambulance records from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2016 were linked with WA State Trauma Registry records to identify ambulance-transported falls patients with major trauma.ResultsOf the patients who fell from standing level, 114/460 (25%) died within 30 days, compared with 47/222 (21%) who fell from height (p=0.64).ConclusionMortality is relatively high, and fall height is not associated with 30-day survival, among ambulance-transported patients with major trauma in metropolitan Perth, Western Australia.