Epidemiological investigation on pre-hospital trauma first aid in Guangzhou / 中华急诊医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective Through epidemiological analysis of prehospital trauma care in Guangzhou during 1996～2004,to explore common characteristics and trends of it.Methods The data of the prehospital trauma patient were collected by Guangzhou First Aid Service Command Center from 1996 to 2004 and was prospectively analyzed. Results The number of prehospital care had been increased year by year(increased by 3.56 times in the nine years).The number of the trauma patients had been increased by 7.98 times.Head injury was in the first place(6.86%). Most of casualties fell into the age of 21～40 years old.The male patients were the two times that of female patients.Conclusion Trauma has become an serious problem. The improvement of prehospital emergency network, ability of on-the-spot emergency care and popularizing the knowledge of emergency are key to reduce the casualties.