Fall from standing height, or greater, and mortality among ambulance-transported patients with major trauma from falls
Introduction: This study describes the relationship between falls from standing height, or greater, and mortality in ambulance-transported patients with major trauma from falls. Methods: Road ambulance records from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2016 were linked with WA State Trauma Registry reco...
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| author | Buzzacott, Peter Tohira, Hideo Bailey, P. Arendts, Glenn Ball, Stephen Brown, E. Finn, Judith |
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| description | Introduction: This study describes the relationship between falls from standing height, or greater, and mortality in ambulance-transported patients with major trauma from falls.
Methods: Road ambulance records from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2016 were linked with WA State Trauma Registry records to identify ambulance-transported falls patients with major trauma.
Results: Of the patients who fell from standing level, 114/460 (25%) died within 30 days, compared with 47/222 (21%) who fell from height (p=0.64).
Conclusion: Mortality is relatively high, and fall height is not associated with 30-day survival, among ambulance-transported patients with major trauma in metropolitan Perth, Western Australia. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-878472022-03-04T03:44:04Z Fall from standing height, or greater, and mortality among ambulance-transported patients with major trauma from falls Buzzacott, Peter Tohira, Hideo Bailey, P. Arendts, Glenn Ball, Stephen Brown, E. Finn, Judith Introduction: This study describes the relationship between falls from standing height, or greater, and mortality in ambulance-transported patients with major trauma from falls. Methods: Road ambulance records from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2016 were linked with WA State Trauma Registry records to identify ambulance-transported falls patients with major trauma. Results: Of the patients who fell from standing level, 114/460 (25%) died within 30 days, compared with 47/222 (21%) who fell from height (p=0.64). Conclusion: Mortality is relatively high, and fall height is not associated with 30-day survival, among ambulance-transported patients with major trauma in metropolitan Perth, Western Australia. 2021 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/87847 10.33151/AJP.18.904 fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Buzzacott, Peter Tohira, Hideo Bailey, P. Arendts, Glenn Ball, Stephen Brown, E. Finn, Judith Fall from standing height, or greater, and mortality among ambulance-transported patients with major trauma from falls |
| title | Fall from standing height, or greater, and mortality among ambulance-transported patients with major trauma from falls |
| title_full | Fall from standing height, or greater, and mortality among ambulance-transported patients with major trauma from falls |
| title_fullStr | Fall from standing height, or greater, and mortality among ambulance-transported patients with major trauma from falls |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fall from standing height, or greater, and mortality among ambulance-transported patients with major trauma from falls |
| title_short | Fall from standing height, or greater, and mortality among ambulance-transported patients with major trauma from falls |
| title_sort | fall from standing height, or greater, and mortality among ambulance-transported patients with major trauma from falls |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/87847 |