TREATED INJURIES IN NORTHERN VERMONT

The objectives were to study characteristics of injury events and injuries requiring treatment in a Vermont population. The method used was to study a one year 30% prospective sample of persons from 22 communities who received first physician care for injury at the Medical Center Hospital of Vermont. The results indicate modal injuries were superficial involving skin only among children below age 10, overexertion injuries among 10-59 year olds, and fractures among older persons. Among interviewed males ages 20-59, 31% of injuries were work related. Among females 26% were work related. Examining hospitalized cases only would have overemphasized falls, chemical injuries, leg fractures, transportation and nursing home injuries, and undercounted overexertion injuries, especially to the back, arm fractures, and injuries during recreation, work and home activities. Most common products/materials in use when injured were recreational equipment (24%) and motor vehicles (9%). Those most often causing injury were ground (20%) and home structures/construction materials (17%). No product was involved in 39% of injury event initiation and 15% of injury causation. It was concluded that in order to adequately reflect the distribution of treated injuries in the community by anatomical area, age, and event type studies must examine both emergency department and hospitalized cases and use a data collection system capable of recording several parameters to describe injury events and products/materials involved.

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• Authors:
  • Waller, J A
  • Skelly, J M
  • Davis, J H
• Publication Date: 1995-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 819-828
• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Volume: 27
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash injury research; Medical treatment; Occupational safety; Product safety; Surveillance
• Old TRIS Terms: Injury research
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00715228
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 22 1996 12:00AM