Journal of Punjab Academy of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2004
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 1

Prospective Study on Road Traffic Accidents

  • Author:
  • E.Ravi Kiran1, K.Muralidhar Saralaya2, K. Vijaya3
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Published Online: Jun 1, 2004
  • Page Number: 12 to 16

1Associate Professor, Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Mangalore

2Professor and Head, Forensic Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Mangalore

3Assistant Professor of Community Medicine, Fr. Muller Medical College, Mangalore

Abstract

Road Traffic Accidents have been the bane of the bane of the modern civilization accounting for considerable loss to the nation. An epidemiological study on Road Traffic Accidents (RTA) was carried out in a district hospital. Various parameters like age and sex distribution, time of occurrence, time elapsed between occurrence and referral to the hospital, receipt of First -Aid, alcohol consumption, recovering and expiry of the victims, vehicles involved in RTA, types of Road Traffic Injuries(RTI), seasonal variation of RTAs were studied and valid exclusions were drawn.

Keywords

Road Traffic Accidents, Road Traffic Injuries