Accidental Injury, Alcohol Drinking, Emergencies, Traffic Accident, Traumatic Injury
Conditions
Keywords
Electronic Scooter, Helmet, Traumatic injury, Alcohol Drinking, Traffic Accident, Emergencies
Brief summary
The purpose of the study was to evaluate the risk, consequences and epidemiology of electric scooter accidents admitted to the emergency room at St. Pierre University Hospital. This prospective observational study aims to include any patient admitted to the Adult Emergency Department of St.Pierre University Hospital Brussels following an accident related to the use of an electric scooter in order to describe and understand the epidemiology, complications and treatment of injuries associated with this means of transport. It is intended to include all accidents occurring in the emergency room during the period from 01/06/2019 to 30/06/2020.
Detailed description
All patients over the age of 16 years with traumatic injuries due to an accident related to the use of an electric scooter were included in the study. Upon admission to the Emergency Department, patients over 16 years of age who accepted were included in the study. The objectives of the study were firstly to describe the context and incidence of scooter accidents, and secondly to understand the epidemiology, complications and treatment of injuries associated with this means of transport and finally, to estimate the economic impact assessed by the number of days of post-traumatic work disability, the need for access to more specialised and therefore more expensive care (operating theatre interventions, scanner-type radiological examinations or hospitalisation in intensive care units). The data analyzed were based on : 1\) the time and day of the accident, 2) the time of presentation at the hospital (same day or after the accident), 3) the mechanism of the accident, whether there were one or two people on the scooter, 4) the use or non-use of the protective helmet, 5) the influence of alcohol ; 6) the mode of arrival at the emergency room (type of ambulance or by one's own means); 7) the injury assessment, paraclinical examinations; 8) treatments; 9) hospitalization or not; 10) temporary work interruptions .
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Saint Pierre
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
16 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* All patients with traumatic lesion following electric sccoter accident * Be able to agree to participate in the study
Exclusion criteria
* \< 16 years * Unconscious * Being unable to agree to participate in the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ownership | Baseline up to 24 hours | E-scooter owned or rented by the patient |
| Timing of arrival | Baseline | Immediately after the accident or delayed visit. |
| Accident mechanism | Baseline | Other party ( Pedestrians hit by the scooter, accident with another) involved or not ( Loss of balance,2 drivers on the e-scooter, |
| alcohol | baseline up to 24 hours | Did the driver report to being under the influence of alcohol or not |
| Hour of admission | Baseline up to 24 hours | Admission between 7am-6pm; 6pm-11pm or 11pm-7am |
| description of traumatic injuries | during the first 24 hours. | description of traumatic injuries based on the medical record. Categorised by severity and by anatomical localisation. |
| Arrival mode | Up to one year | By ambulance or by own means |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Paraclinical examination | Up to 24 hours | radiography, scanner, |
| orientation | Up to 24 hours | Intensive care unit, normal hospitalisation, discharge home |
| Cost of the treatment | Through study completion, an average of 1 year | Ambulance, hospitalisation, treatment in the ED or operative room , temporary incapacity for work. |
| Treatment | Up to 24 hours | Emergency department or operative room |
Countries
Belgium
Outcome results
None listed