Child Health Nursing Research
- Volume 3 Issue 2
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- Pages.131-141
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- 1997
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- 2287-9110(pISSN)
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- 2287-9129(eISSN)
A Clinical Study of Accidental Pediatric Patients
사고 환아에 대한 임상적 고찰
- Kim Shin Jeong (College of Nursing Science, Ewha Women′s Univ.) ;
- Lee Jung Eun (Kwangju Health College, Department of Emergency Medical Technology)
- Published : 1997.08.01
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to propose for protection of childhood injury or accident and to provide safety measures. Data was collected from 2,052 who visited emergency room of E University Hospital during 1 year period from January to December, 1996. The results were as follows : 1. The most common type of accident was fall down (53.4%). 2. Male patients outnumbered female by the ratio of 1.68 : 1. 3. The highest incidence rate of accidents were observed in children between 1-3 years age group(34.9%). 4. Accidents were seasonally more frequent in spring(28.2%). 5. Accidents mainly took place at home (63%). 6. The time of accidental occurrence appeared to be predominantly high during a day 8 : 00 PM to 0 : 00 AM (35.l%). 7. The most frequent involved part of body was head and face (74%). 8. Most patients discharged from the hospital in good condition(85.4%). Through clinical analysis, in the relation to accident, there were statistically significant difference in sex, age, season, injury place(all p=0.000).