Atendimentos de emergência por acidentes na Rede de Vigilância de Violências e Acidentes – Brasil, 2006
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2009
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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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Sentinel surveillance, Accidents, Violence, Injuries, External causes, Vigilância de evento sentinela, Acidentes, Violência, Lesões, Causas externas
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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.