scholarly journals Daylight Saving Time Transitions and Road Traffic Accidents

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuuli Lahti ◽  
Esa Nysten ◽  
Jari Haukka ◽  
Pekka Sulander ◽  
Timo Partonen
Keyword(s):  
Circadian Rhythm ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
The Body ◽  
Road Traffic Accidents ◽  
Time Schedule ◽  
Daylight Saving Time ◽  
Daylight Saving ◽  
The Social ◽  
A Minor

Circadian rhythm disruptions may have harmful impacts on health. Circadian rhythm disruptions caused by jet lag compromise the quality and amount of sleep and may lead to a variety of symptoms such as fatigue, headache, and loss of attention and alertness. Even a minor change in time schedule may cause considerable stress for the body. Transitions into and out of daylight saving time alter the social and environmental timing twice a year. According to earlier studies, this change in time-schedule leads to sleep disruption and fragmentation of the circadian rhythm. Since sleep deprivation decreases motivation, attention, and alertness, transitions into and out of daylight saving time may increase the amount of accidents during the following days after the transition. We studied the amount of road traffic accidents one week before and one week after transitions into and out of daylight saving time during years from 1981 to 2006. Our results demonstrated that transitions into and out of daylight saving time did not increase the number of traffic road accidents.

scholarly journals Excess Risk of Fatal Road Traffic Accidents on the Day of Daylight Saving Time Change

Epidemiology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. e44-e45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Prats-Uribe ◽  
Aurelio Tobías ◽  
Daniel Prieto-Alhambra
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Time Change ◽  
Excess Risk ◽  
Road Traffic Accidents ◽  
Daylight Saving Time ◽  
Daylight Saving

scholarly journals Relationship Between Occupation, Social Class and Time taken off Work Following a Whiplash Injury

2007 ◽  
Vol 89 (6) ◽  
pp. 624-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
KS Hagan ◽  
SZH Naqui ◽  
ME Lovell
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Whiplash Injury ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Road Traffic Accidents ◽  
Severity Of Injury ◽  
A Minor ◽  
Mean Time

INTRODUCTION Little has been published about occupational and social factors in relation to time off work following a whiplash injury. PATIENTS AND METHODS We analysed 800 medicolegal case sheets from a consultant orthopaedic surgeon's practice. RESULTS Of those injured, 596 were working and 204 were unemployed or retired. The working group was further analysed. Severity of injury was estimated by analysing velocity of injury combined with vehicular damage. Mean time off work for a minor injury was 10.6 days, moderate 12.1 days, severe 13.8, and very severe 24.9 (P < 0.05). Looking at work categories as previously described in the literature, 20.5 days were taken off by heavy manual workers, light manual 15.7, driving 13.9, secretarial 9.2 and sedentary 12.8 (P < 0.05). Analysing as per social class showed that professionals required 7.0 days, intermediate 14.7 days, skilled non-manual 16.1 days, skilled manual 34.2 days, semi-skilled manual 33.2 days, and unskilled manual 11.5 days (P < 0.05). Nearly a third (31.2%) required no time off work, after 4 days off, 52.1% had returned to work and 90.1% were back at work after 30 days. Time off lasting more than 12 weeks occurred in 29 cases (4.9%). CONCLUSIONS Job style, severity of injury and social class have a bearing on time taken off work after road traffic accidents causing whiplash injury.

scholarly journals Organizational Aspects of Providing Emergency Care to Victims in Road Transportation Accidents with Damage to the Facial Skeleton

2021 ◽  
pp. 65-67
Author(s):  
V.V. Maslyakov ◽  
◽  
Yu.E. Barachevsky ◽  
O.N. Pavlova ◽  
A.V. Pimenov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Care ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
The Body ◽  
Trauma Centers ◽  
Road Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Accidents ◽  
Emergency Medical Care ◽  
Facial Skeleton ◽  
Emergency Medical

The aim of the study is to investigate the organizational aspects of providing emergency medical care to victims of road traffic accidents with injuries of the facial skeleton. Materials and research methods. The study included 75 victims of road accidents that occurred in the city of Saratov in 2010–2019. In the total number of injured men – 42 (56.0%), women – 33 (44.0%). The age of the victims is 18–70 years, the average age is (37.5 ± 6.0) years. The study did not include: victims under the age of 18; victims with neck trauma, damage to the cerebral section of the skull and to other parts of the body. All the victims got medical assistance from the personnel of the ambulance brigades. Covering sheets, outpatient cards and medical records were used as primary documentation. Study criteria: time during which the ambulance was provided; who provided emergency medical care; correctness of its rendering. Research results and their analysis. Analysis of injuries to the facial skeleton showed: injuries of the facial skeleton are an actual pathology in victims of road traffic accidents in Saratov; victims of road accidents got open and closed injuries of the facial skeleton. With closed injuries, moderate and severe injuries were found in 23 (30.7%) victims, with open injuries — in 19 (23.3%) victims; majority (90.7%) of victims of road accidents got high-quality emergency medical aid in a timely manner. In 9.3% of cases, the quality of care was insufficient due to an incorrect assessment of severity of the victims’ condition and, as a consequence, due to non-fulfillment of anti-shock measures; scope of the provision of emergency medical care to victims of road accidents included temporary hemostasis, treatment of wounds and anti-shock measures; from the accident site were evacuated: to level III trauma centers — 24.0% of victims; to level II — 48.0; to level I trauma centers — 28.0% of victims; complications in the form of purulent-septic processes were observed in 16.0% of victims; competent and timely implementation of anti-shock measures determined an insignificant mortality rate — 4.0%.

scholarly journals Injury pattern and outcome of road traffic accidents victims attending major referral institutions of the Kashmir valley

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 958
Author(s):  
Manzoor Ahmad Bhat ◽  
Qazi Mohammad Iqbal
Keyword(s):  
Cause Of Death ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Injury Pattern ◽  
The Body ◽  
Lower Limbs ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Road Traffic Accidents ◽  
Kashmir Valley

Background: Road traffic accidents (RTAs) have emerged as a major global public health problem of this century. WHO global burden of disease study, shows it as the 10th leading cause of death in South-East Asia. In India, according to WHO, road traffic accident is the 6th leading cause of death. The present study aims to assess the magnitude and injury pattern of RTA victims attending three major referral institution of the Kashmir valley.Methods: This prospective observational study was conducted for a period of one year in three major referral institutions of Kashmir valley. Burden of RTA victims was studied from hospital records. For studying detailed injury patterns, the accident victims fulfilling the inclusion criteria and admitted in the wards of these hospitals formed the main study group.Results: RTAs constituted 3% of the total admissions. Most (82.7%) of the studied victims were males. Most (40.3%) of the RTA victims were pedestrians. Head on collision was the most common type of accident (62.9%). 97.6% victims were grievously hurt and head (59.9%) was the most affected part of the body. 88.3% of RTA victims survived while 11.7% died.Conclusions: Young males are the predominant victims of RTAs and head on collision (63%) remains the commonest type of accident. Almost all (97.6%) RTA victims were grievously hurt with 60% having head injuries followed by lower limbs 59.4% and upper limbs 26.8% injuries and 47% victims had multiple injuries.

scholarly journals FATAL ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS: 2 YEARS RETROSPECTIVE STUDY

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Poonam Singh ◽  
Sohan Prasad Choudhary* ◽  
Sumant Kumar Singh
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
The Body ◽  
Road Traffic Accidents ◽  
Moving Vehicle ◽  
Power Needs ◽  
Mode Of Death

Road Trafc Accident (RTA) can be dened as ,'An event that occurs on a way or street open to public trafc; resulting in one or more persons being injured or killed, where at least one moving vehicle is involved. This study was based on Information on victim's age, gender, educational, occupational, time, place of incidence, type of road, whether victim was pedestrian or any vehicle rider, type of offending vehicle, number of people involved, nature, manner and mode of death, parts of the body involved, nature of injuries etc, were collected from interviews of persons/ policeman accompanying the victim's body and from papers involved in the medico-legal autopsy. It was concluded in present study, that we require preventive measures, a systematic approach needs to be incorporated to minimize deaths. More man power needs to be trained and educated to meet these needs.

scholarly journals Epidemiological determinants of road traffic accidents: a cross sectional study in Amravati, Maharashtra, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 965
Author(s):  
Anuradha Kizhatil ◽  
A. K. Jawarkar ◽  
Pushpa Lokare ◽  
Manjusha Deotale
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
District General Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
The Body ◽  
Lower Limbs ◽  
Road Traffic Accidents ◽  
College Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional

Background: Road traffic accidents (RTAs) represents a major epidemic of non-communicable disease in the present century affecting families, community and nation as a whole. Objectives was to study the epidemiological determinants of RTAs.Methods: A hospital based study of RTA victims was conducted for a period of one year at the District General Hospital and Medical College hospital of Amravati, Maharashtra. A total of 1394 patients were studied. Descriptive statistics like percentage and proportions were calculated. Proportions were compared using Chi square test of significance.Results: 86.7% were males and the maximum affected age group was 21 to 30 years. Majority of accidents were seen in summer season and on Monday of the week. Accidents were highest from 12 noon to 6 pm. Alcohol consumption was seen in 27% of the drivers. Two-wheelers were the commonest vehicle involved in RTAs. A total of 481 (34.5%) victims had fractures at various sites of the body, out of this 52.8% was of lower limbs. Right sided bony injuries were more common.Conclusions: There are multiple factors associated with RTAs which due to the lack of road safety measures in the country are playing their role. It is the need of the hour to address this issue and formulate rules and regulations and evaluate its enforcement.

Assessment of injury for prediction of in-hospital mortality and outcome of patient injury

2021 ◽  
Vol 71 (10) ◽  
pp. 80-84
Author(s):  
Ульфет Салман оглу Микаилов ◽  
◽  
Джавид Ширали оглу Ахадов ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Mortality ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Organ Damage ◽  
The Body ◽  
Exclusion Criterion ◽  
Road Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic Crashes ◽  
And Gender

The present study is a retrospective, descriptive and analytical study that was conducted on 300 patients with multiple trauma, aged 5 to 75 years. Inclusion criteria included the presence of multiple injuries caused by road traffic accidents and other events. The exclusion criterion was injury to only one area of the body. The causes of injury were divided into four categories: 1) injuries from road traffic crashes, 2) injuries caused by falls from a height, 3) injuries caused by assault, and 4) injuries caused by road traffic accidents with pedestrians. The most common cause of hospitalization due to injury in men and women was road traffic injuries, and there was a significant correlation between injury types and gender (p = 0.001). The results showed that 28 injured people (9.3%) died in hospital, with the largest percentage of deaths occurring in the 21 to 33 age group. The results were based on the number of people who died: 7 (25.0%) of them had penetrating injuries, and 21 (75.0%) had blunt injuries. Data analysis showed a significant correlation between mortality and type of injury (p = 0.004). Key words: Key words: trauma, medical assessment, organ damage, patient, trauma outcome, in-hospital mortality

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