Alpine Accident, Cardiopulmonary Arrest With Successful Resuscitation, Flight Accident, Frostbite, Lightning Injuries
Conditions
Brief summary
This observational study intends to analyze the characteristic of specific accidents happened in Austrian's mountainous regions. The mechanisms of accidents which are evaluated are lightning accidents, cardiopulmonary resuscitation with or without automated external defibrillator, frostbite injuries, accidents with flying vehicle (e.g. paraglider, hang-glider…).
Detailed description
The data are collected retrospectively from the database of Austrian alpine police force. These data are analyzed. The information from this database (scene of accident, weather, daytime…) is compared to secondary data collected from the University Hospital of Innsbruck. The comparison of both databases was approved by the Austrian Data Protection Agency. The goal of the study is to give detailed information of circumstances leading to accident and give medical information of the patient's condition and his outcome.
Interventions
General and specific data collected
Sponsors
Medical University Innsbruck
Study design
Observational model
CASE_ONLY
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
No minimum to 120 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Person suffering the injury searched for;
Exclusion criteria
\-
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of persons suffered an accident in Alpine Mountains in Austria | 2005-2015 | The number of persons (n/year) which suffered one of the specified accidents. |
| Gender of persons suffered an accident in Alpine Mountains in Austria | 2005-2015 | Gender male/female or non specified which suffered one of the specified accidents. |
| Mortality of persons suffered an accident in Alpine Mountains in Austria | 2005-2015 | Number of persons deceased (deceased/n per year) which suffered one of the specified accidents. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Abbreviated Injury severity scale (AIS) of pattern like injured patients treated in University Hospital of Innsbruck, a major tertiary trauma center in western Austria. | 2005-2015 | Abreviated Injury severity scale of suffered injury (1-6 points; scale - minor, moderate, serious, severe, critial, maximum) |
| Gender of pattern like injured patients treated in University Hospital of Innsbruck, a major tertiary trauma center in western Austria. | 2005-2015 | male/female, unspecified treated in University Hospital of Innsbruck |
| Type of evacuation and mortality | 2005-2015 | Type of evacuation (terrestrial, helicopter, combined terrestrial and helicopter) and the mortality for each group (deceased/n per year) |
| Number of pattern like injured patients treated in University Hospital of Innsbruck, a major tertiary trauma center in western Austria. | 2005-2015 | (n/year) treated in University Hospital of Innsbruck |
| Injury severity score (ISS) of pattern like injured patients treated in University Hospital of Innsbruck, a major tertiary trauma center in western Austria. | 2005-2015 | Injury severity score of suffered injury (ISS=AIS\*AIS) |
Countries
Austria
Outcome results
None listed