-
Emerg Med Australas · Feb 2021
The Impact of COVID-19 Social Restrictions on Trauma Presentations in South Australia.
- Daniel Harris, Daniel Y Ellis, David Gorman, Ngee Foo, and Daniel Haustead.
- Trauma Service, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
- Emerg Med Australas. 2021 Feb 1; 33 (1): 152-154.
ObjectiveTo review the impact of COVID-19 social restrictions on trauma presentations in South Australia.MethodsRetrospective database review.ResultsDuring the period of social restrictions, there was a reduction in presentations of trauma and major trauma by 17% and 33%, respectively. The reduction in presentation rates was due to a large decrease in those aged over 40, with an increase in presentations in those younger than 40. Review by mechanism and location of injury revealed a reduction in road trauma, yet an increase in pedestrian trauma and trauma at home.ConclusionSocial restrictions alter the characteristics of trauma presentations.© 2020 Australasian College for Emergency Medicine.
Notes
Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
- Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as
*italics*
,_underline_
or**bold**
. - Superscript can be denoted by
<sup>text</sup>
and subscript<sub>text</sub>
. - Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines
1. 2. 3.
, hyphens-
or asterisks*
. - Links can be included with:
[my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com)
- Images can be included with:
![alt text](https://bestmedicaljournal.com/study_graph.jpg "Image Title Text")
- For footnotes use
[^1](This is a footnote.)
inline. - Or use an inline reference
[^1]
to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document[^1]: This is a long footnote.
.