1Dept. of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, KLE University's J.N.Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka, India.
2Post Graduate Dept. of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, KLE University's J.N.Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka, India
In children and young adults, trauma is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality, especially those resulting from fall from height. Study of cases of fall from height will help in the formulation of policies to prevent occurrence of such incidents. In this study, out of 188 cases of accidental fall from height, 43 cases (23%) were of those involving children. Cases involving boys (605%) were more than girls (39.5%). Majority of the victims were in the school going age group (65.1%). Most of the falls occurred in the month of April (16.1%) and between 12 noon to 6 pm (58.1%). Maximum number of falls were from staircase (25.6%) and the most commonly involved region was head and face (60.5%). The overall survival rate was 95% with only two deaths.
Fall from height, accident, children, prevention, staircase, mortality
