Objective: To describe the general characteristics of traumatic patients from traffic accidents at Military Hospital 175.
Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study was underwent of 846 traumatic patients from traffic accidents who was admited to Emergency Department, Military Hospital 175 from March 2023 to October 2023. Clinical and sub-clinical sings were collected and analyzed.
Results: Male patients were major with 65.25%. The mean of age was 40.10 ± 16.93 years. The main locations of injury were limb injuries (52.01%), head, face and neck injuries (21.28%), and abdominal injuries (10.28%). The main type of injury is broken bones (52.72%), traumatic brain injury (20.57%), soft tissue damage (9.93%), internal organ damage (9.46%). The durration time from traffic accident to admission time at the emergency department among of 1-3 hours was 38.18%.
Conclusion: Patients injured from traffic accidents were mainly men. Most of patient were injuried at the limbs and head, face and neck area with the higher rate fractures and brain injuries. Patients were usually taken to the emergency department within 3 hours after the accident.