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Abstract
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BACKGROUND: According to the latest world status report on road safety released by WHO, we are now the world leaders in road traffic accident rate & related mortality.
OBJECTIVES: To know the prevalence and pattern of injuries present among the road traffic accident cases.
Material and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the charts of all trauma patients who presented between June to August 2015 to the emergency or orthopaedics ward of Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Sciences (SGRRIM &HS), Dehradun and identified the patients characteristics and nature of injury sustained.
RESULTS: Road traffic crashes (RTC) were the leading causes of trauma and involved in 41% of all trauma patients. Majority of the patients were young males below the age of 40. The commonest injuries were fractures, cranial trauma and soft tissue injuries. The lower limbs especially the leg bore the brunt of the injuries.
CONCLUSION: Well equipped secondary & tertiary level trauma centres, specially dedicated to management of trauma patients, with a proper triage plan, are necessary for proper management of trauma patients & better utilization of resources.
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