Acidente motociclístico: caracterização de vítima socorridas pelo serviço de atendimento móvel de urgência de Sousa-PB.

Abstract

The growth of the motorcycle fleet in Brazil, a vehicle that has stood out from the others for its use as a means of transport and in the labor market, contributes to the high incidence of accidents involving this type of vehicle. Thus, the objective was to characterize the epidemiological profile of trauma victims due to motorcycle accidents rescued by the Mobile Emergency Service (SAMU) in the city of Sousa-PB. This is a cross-sectional, exploratory and descriptive study of the documentary type with a quantitative approach. This study was carried out from the occurrence record sheets, using the intentional non-probabilistic sampling technique. The population consisted of records of occurrences that occurred in 2009. Within this universe, the sample consisted of the forms of assistance to victims of motorcycle accidents duly completed and signed by the team that performed the assistance. Records were excluded in which it was not possible to identify whether the traffic accident was a motorcycle accident, thus resulting in a sample of 430 records of victims of motorcycle accidents. The data were collected in the months of October and November using a data collection instrument and were then coded and analyzed by the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 13.0. The results revealed that 430 individuals were victims of a motorcycle accident. As for the characteristics of these victims, it was observed that 73.5% were male, aged 21-25 years (16.7%), followed by the age group 26-30 years (16.2%) and 16-20 years (14%). The head and lower limbs were the most affected body regions in 43% and 38.6%, respectively. The most frequent type of injury was abrasions in 48.1%. Among the signs and symptoms, pain was the most frequent in 33.5%. 14% of victims had a mild Glasgow Coma Scale (ECG). And 28.6% of these were under the influence of alcohol. The use of the helmet was not reported in 99% of the records. It was found that 94.9% of the victims were referred to the hospital while 2.6% died. Regarding the characterization of the accident, there was a predominance of accidents on the weekends, mainly on Sundays in 24.9%, with the night (41.2%) being the most favorable time for these events. It was found that in August (12.3%) it was the most prevalent among accidents. The predominant type of accident was a 32.6% drop. 54.9% of the accidents occurred in the urban area of ​​Sousa, the vehicle sent to the site of the most frequent accident was the Basic Support Unit in 77.5%, in 87% the public security agencies were not present and in 8.6 % attendance was not performed due to the cancellation of the occurrence (QTA). Thus, it is clear that motorcycle accidents are a public health problem and express the dimension of this reality in Sousa, which allows knowledge about the characteristics of the victims and the event. In this way, it will be able to support the design of measures that can contribute to the reduction of morbidity and mortality from motorcycle accidents.