Profile Study of Railway Fatality Cases Brought for Postmortem Examination at SMS Medical College, Jaipur.
| Autor: | Pargi, Shantilal, Bhagora, Lovekumar, Meena, Rohit Kumar |
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SUICIDE
COLLEGE students SAFETY SCIENTIFIC observation AUTOPSY RESEARCH methodology SHOCK (Pathology) DISEASE incidence SEPSIS RAILROADS MEDICAL schools DESCRIPTIVE statistics EMPLOYMENT FORENSIC medicine WOUNDS & injuries SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors VICTIMS RESIDENTIAL patterns DATA analysis software HEMORRHAGE HEAD injuries |
| Zdroj: | Medico-Legal Update; Apr-Jun2023, Vol. 23 Issue 2, p41-45, 5p |
| Abstrakt: | Background: A train accident is defined as a "collision, derailment, or any other event involving the operation of on-track equipment." Train accidents can beget ruinous damages and particular injuries including the death of the person. Methods: In the present study,themajority of victims were between 21- 40 years of age. There was a rural preponderance in our study population with 34.13% victims from urban regions and 48.41% victims from rural regions. Students comprised the largest section (33.33%) of railway related deaths followed by self employed people (30.17%). The maximum numbers of railway fatalities in this study were accidental(67.46%) followed by suicides (27.78%). The victims of fatal railway related deaths mainly succumbed to Hemorrhage & shock, injuries to vital organs and head injuries. Conclusion: Public awareness about safety measures and existing laws will also alleviate some of the fatalities. The railway authorities must take steps to prevent the accident by acknowledging the safety engineering, training,awareness among staff and strict law enforcement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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