Assessment Of Patterns And Outcome Of Injury Among Victims Visiting Emergency Unit Of Nigist Elleni Mohammed Memorial Hospital Hossana Southern Ethiopia
Background: Every day the lives of more than 14,000 people are cut short as a result of anrninjury globally. The burden of injury is especially high in LMICs, where over 90% of injuryrndeaths occur. Although the hospitals should have a clear image of injury, little is known aboutrninjury statistics. This study was specifically designed to determine the patterns and outcome ofrncommonly occurring injuries based on available health facility records in NEMMH, Hossana,rnSouthern Ethiopia. rn Methodology: A hospital based retrospective review of records of injury victims in NEMMHrnfrom January to December 2019 was evaluated from October to June 2020. Data were collectedrnusing a structured checklist that was developed by adapting the World Health Organizationrninstrument. Five degree holder nurses collected the data while investigator closely supervised.rnSocio demographic characteristics of the patients and injury related information were collected.rnData were analyzed using SPSS for windows version 25. rnResults: Out of 6238 patients visited emergency unit of Nigist Elleni Mohammed MemorialrnHospital from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019; 762 (12.2%) were victims of injury.rnUnintentional injury is the most prevalent category of injury (69.4%), of which RTA is therncommonest (41% of all unintentional injury) mechanism of injury which in turn affected mostlyrnpedestrians (41.5% of all RTA victims) followed by drivers. Interpersonal violence is the mostrncommonly occurring intentional injury (52.3%) followed by suicidal attempt. Victims who arernunintentionally injured those who sustained RTA injury, those who were injured on street, thosernwho encountered chest injury and those who were severely injured were found to be at a higherrnrisk of death as compared to the remaining victims. rnConclusion: The magnitude of injury in NEMMH is high. Injury is more prevalent among malesrnand productive age group. Most victims faced their injuries unintentionally, of which RTA isrnmost prevalent; whereas, interpersonal violence is the most prevalent intentional injury. The rnmortality rate due to injury is also high. Appropriate prevention strategies should be designedrnand implemented against RTA, and prompt treatment should be commenced to combat badrnoutcomes.