Barking up the wrong tree: injuries due to falls from trees in Solomon Islands
| Autor: | Patrick Houasia, Joel Negin, Pavle Vizintin, Alexandra Martiniuk |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Referral Adolescent Poison control Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Trees Fractures Bone Young Adult Injury prevention medicine Humans Child business.industry Outcome measures Human factors and ergonomics General Medicine Middle Aged Surgery Fruit Wounds and Injuries Accidental Falls Female Tree (set theory) Melanesia business Demography |
| Zdroj: | The Medical journal of Australia. 201(11) |
| ISSN: | 1326-5377 |
| Popis: | To investigate tree-related injuries in Solomon Islands by the types of trees involved, who is affected and the types of injuries caused.Descriptive case series of all cases of injuries related to trees presenting to the National Referral Hospital in Honiara from 1994 to 2011. Data were collected by the attending clinician using a Trauma Epidemiology form, which provides information on age, sex, cause of injury and type of fracture.Number of injuries by tree type, sex and age.Of the 7651 injuries in the database, 1107 (14%) were caused by falls from trees. Falls from coconut trees led to the highest number of injuries, followed by falls from mango, guava, apple and nut trees. Overall, 85% of injuries occurred in individuals aged 20 years. For injuries involving guava trees, 77% of patients were aged 10 years, compared with 46% for the five most commonly involved tree types. Overall, 71% of injuries occurred among males. Of all injuries, 92% were fractures, 3% were dislocations and 5% were non-fracture, non-dislocation injuries. The arm (including wrist, elbow and hand) was the most common location of injury across all tree types. Distal radius fractures in the forearm were particularly common, as were ulna fractures.While mangos and guavas are undeniably delicious, the quest for their flesh can be hazardous. Children will always climb trees, but the search for food among children in lower-income settings may lead to higher rates of injury. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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