Issue: 2012, Vol. 17, No. 3

Grechukhin I. V., Goncharova L. A., Kurkin A. M.

TRAUMATISM IN CHILDREN ACCORDING TO THE DATA OF IN-PATIENT DEPARTMENT OF SPECIALIZED HOSPITAL

Keywords

traumatism, children, analysis, prevention

Abstarct

The study was aimed to the optimization of the prevention of loco-motor system traumas. The authors considered trauma character, age and gender aspects, localization, type and conditions of injures in 2359 children admitted to in-patient department of Astrakhan specialized hospital. It was determined that the risk of injures increased in girls aged 5–9 years and in boys aged 10–14 years. Fractures of the forearms and shoulders in falling, rotational subluxations in the cervical part of spine after sleep predominated in the structure of the injures. Children traumas were registered in private life (45%), in the street (42,6%), in schools and kindergartens (8,5%), in sporting events (3,3%). It was recommended to brisk up the work of all executives and departments for trauma prophylaxis with direct participation of medical workers.