Authors : Abbas Esmaeili, Hamid Ostad Ebrahimi, Mahmood Sheikh Fathollahi and Zohreh Alinezhad
Abstract: Today, accidents are of the major causes of both death and disability in the world. Resulting injuries are of the most important challenges and problems in all communities. The importance of this issue, as an important public health problem, leads to the establishment of the committee for the prevention of damage caused by events in the world health organization. The aim of this study was to evaluate accidents in children under 15 year admitted to emergency department of Ali ibn Abi Talib hospital during 2014-2015. This survey was conducted in a period of one year and its population included all of the victims under 15 year admitted to emergency department of Ali ebne Abi-Talib during 2014-2015. This study’s checklist consisted of two parts; the first part included demographic characteristics of victims and second part contained some main questions. Quantitative and qualitative data were expressed as “mean±SD” and “the number (%age)”, respectively. Data analysis was performed using SPSS Version 18. In the period of 2014-2015, there were 1024 of victims referred to the emergency department of Ali Ebne Abi-taleb hospital in Rafsanjan city. Of the cases, 65.7% were male and the mean age of victims was 6.35±4.30 year (Min = 2 month, Max 15 year). High %age of the patients (46.2%) was in 1-5 year old age groupand a minority was at the age under 1 year old. Motor Vehicle Accidents (MVAs) were the major cause of trauma (28.1%). Most and the lowest accidents occurred in the Summer and Winter 33.2 and 12.4%, respectively. Of these victims, 981(95.8%) cases were as unintentionaland 43(4.2%) cases were as intentional. Five patients (0.5% of all cases) died. To reduce accidents and increase parental awareness, training programs, in order to secure home environment furtherand home equipped with basic equipment of relief is necessary. Train traffic laws and safety tips are on to keep in case of risk to children from an early age. In addition, improving the diagnostic and treatment facilities in health centers, improving transport systems and equipping of emergency department patients with more advanced features are the priorities.
Abbas Esmaeili, Hamid Ostad Ebrahimi, Mahmood Sheikh Fathollahi and Zohreh Alinezhad, 2016. One-Year Hospital Admission of Accidents among Children Under 15 Year Old in Rafsanjan, Iran (2014-2015). Research Journal of Medical Sciences, 10: 363-367.