Open AccessEpidemiology of trauma victims admitted to a level 2 trauma center of North India
Author(s) -
Vikas Verma,
Ajay Singh,
Girish Kumar Singh,
Santosh Kumar,
Vineet Sharma,
Amit Kumar,
Vineet Kumar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of critical illness and injury science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.274
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2231-5004
pISSN - 2229-5151
DOI - 10.4103/ijciis.ijciis_27_16
Subject(s) - medicine , glasgow coma scale , injury severity score , trauma center , emergency medicine , referral , major trauma , epidemiology , traumatic brain injury , injury prevention , abbreviated injury scale , revised trauma score , head injury , observational study , poison control , pediatrics , retrospective cohort study , medical emergency , surgery , family medicine , psychiatry
Good quality information on characteristics of victims, types, and frequency of injuries, causes of accidents, vehicles involved in injury and outcome is essential for understanding and planning required for managing the trauma epidemic. The objective of this study was to describe the characteristics of trauma victims admitted to King George's Medical University trauma center.