Atendimentos de emergência por acidentes na Rede de Vigilância de Violências e Acidentes – Brasil, 2006

Resumo

In 2006, the Brazilian Ministry of Health established the Injury Surveillance System Network in Sentinel Services (Rede VIVA) to describe data on injuries victims treated at emergency departments (ED), especially minor injuries which do not cause deaths and hospitalization. This study describes the characteristics of unintentional injuries victims treated in these EDs by means of a transversal descriptive study with data coming from EDs located in 35 municipalities with the highest injury rates. The data were collected during 30 consecutive days in an alternated 12-hour shift. There were a total of 41,677 patients with unintentional injuries, mainly among males (64.8%), people aged 20 to 29 years (23.0%) and low level of education (45.8%). Falls were the main cause (40.1% overall), followed by transport related injuries (26.6% overall). The more frequent place of occurrence were public streets (36.3% overall) and residences (33.6% overall). The body parts most affected were upper members (42.7%), lower members (42.0%) and head/face (29.2%). The injury surveillance in sentinel services allows collecting timeless data about minor cases which is essential for planning and implementing preventive measures.

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Palavras-chave

Sentinel surveillance, Accidents, Violence, Injuries, External causes, Vigilância de evento sentinela, Acidentes, Violência, Lesões, Causas externas

Citação

MASCARENHAS, Márcio Dênis Medeiros; SILVA, Marta Maria Alves da; MALTA, Deborah Carvalho; MOURA, Lenildo de; GAWRYSZEWSKI, Vilma Pinheiro; COSTA, Valter Chaves; SOUZA, Maria de Fátima Marinho; MORAIS NETO, Otaliba Libânio de.Atendimentos de emergência por acidentes na Rede de Vigilância de Violências e Acidentes – Brasil, 2006. Ciência e Saúde Coletiva, Rio de Janeiro, v. 14, n. 5, p. 1657-1668, 2009.