Alpine Accident, Alpine Water-sport, Canyoning, Climbing, Cycling, Hiking, Skiing/Snowboarding, Sleighing, Snowshoeing
Conditions
Brief summary
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 accidents while using a sleigh, climbing accidents, cycle accidents, canyoning accidents, hiking accidents, snowshoeing accidents, water-sport accidents, ski and snowboard accidents.
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. The method to collect data and to analyze is the same than in AN4757 315/4.4 (NCT03405467).
Interventions
General and specific data collected
Sponsors
Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine
Medical University Innsbruck
Study design
Observational model
CASE_ONLY
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* All patients with the criteria for an alpine accident characteristics described under Conditions.
Exclusion criteria
* All patients without accident characteristics described under Conditions. * All patients which suffered an accident not in alpine environment.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of persons suffered an accident in Alpine Mountains in Austria | 2005-2018 | The number of persons which suffered one of the specified accidents. (n/year) |
| Gender of persons suffered an accident in Alpine Mountains in Austria | 2005-2018 | Gender male/female or non specified which suffered one of the specified accidents. (n/year) |
| Mortality of persons suffered an accident in Alpine Mountains in Austria | 2005-2018 | Number of persons deceased (deceased/n per year) which suffered one of the specified accidents. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Injury severity score (ISS) per injury pattern at Medical University of Innsbruck, a major trauma center in western Austria. | 2005-2018 | Injury severity score of suffered injury (ISS=AIS\*AIS) |
| Abbreviated Injury severity scale (AIS) per injury pattern at Medical University of Innsbruck, a major trauma center in western Austria. | 2005-2018 | Abbreviated Injury Severity Scale of suffered injury (1-6 points; scale - minor, moderate, serious, severe, critical, maximum) |
| Mortality depending on evacuation type | 2005-2018 | Number of fatalities depending on type of evacuation (n/year) |
| Type of evacuation | 2005-2018 | Type of evacuation (terrestrial, helicopter, combined terrestrial and helicopter) (n/year) |
| Number of patients treated per injury pattern at Medical University of Innsbruck, a major trauma center in western Austria. | 2005-2018 | (n/year) treated at Medical University of Innsbruck |
| Gender of patients treated per injury pattern at Medical University of Innsbruck, a major trauma center in western Austria. | 2005-2018 | male/female, unspecified treated at Medical University of Innsbruck (n/year) |
Countries
Austria
Outcome results
None listed