Table 3 Injury patterns of patients with pedestrian road traffic injury compared with patients with other injuries
Whole cohort n = 317 (%) | Pedestrian road traffic injury n = 110 (%) | Other injuries n = 207(%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Injured in outside of Addis Ababa | 159 (50.2) | 60 (54.5) | 98 (47.3) |
Ambulance transported patients | 123 (38.8) | 55 (50.0) | 68 (32.9) * |
Facility referred patients | 207 (65.7) | 77 (70.0) | 130 (62.8) |
Time from injury to ED arrival, hrs, median, IQR | 4 (10 min – 96) | 4 (10 min – 86) | 4 (10 min – 96) |
< 1 | 26 (8.2) | 9 (8.5) | 17 (8.3) |
1–11 | 196 (61.2) | 70 (66.0) | 126 (61.8) |
12–23 | 25 (7.9) | 4 (3.8) | 21 (10.3) |
≥ 24 | 63 (19.9) | 23 (21.7) | 40 (19.6) |
GCS scored 15 | 271 (85.5) | 89 (80.9) | 182 (87.9) |
Anatomical site of injury | * | ||
Limb | 149 (47.0) | 44 (40.0) | 105 (50.7) |
Head and spinal cord | 120 (37.9) | 43 (39.1) | 77 (37.2) |
Chest and Abdomen | 33 (10.4) | 12 (10.9) | 21 (10.1) |
Polytrauma | 15 (4.7) | 11 (10.0) | 4 (1.9) |
ED LOS > 24 h | 178 (56.2) | 67 (60.9) | 111 (53.6) |
ED mortality | 16 (5.0) | 8 (7.3) | 8 (3.9) |