Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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Emerg Med Australas
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Emerg Med Australas · Apr 2019
Multicenter StudyValue of emergency department triage data to describe and understand patterns and mechanisms of cycling injuries.
To characterise patients presenting to EDs for a bicycle-related injury, identify contributing factors to the injuries and describe the data gaps. ⋯ Bicycle injuries carry a considerable burden to the ED and the incidence of presentations appears to be rising. The current triage data, designed to provide a rapid assessment for medical urgency, are limited to describing broad demographics, trends and causes.