Prehospital factors associated with mortality among road traffic injury patients: analysis of Cameroon trauma registry data

Prehospital factors associated with mortality among road traffic injury patients: analysis of Cameroon trauma registry data

Cameroon is amongst the worst affected countries by road traffic injuries with an estimated 1443 disability-adjusted life years per 100,000 population. There have been very limited reports on the crucial prehospital response to road traffic injuries in Cameroon. This study aimed to identify prehospital factors associated with RTI mortality in Cameroon.

RTIs constituted 69.5% (n = 3203) of all injuries in the Cameroon Trauma Registry. Only 20.7% (n = 102) of 4 + wheel vehicle occupants had seatbelts on and just 2.7% (n = 53) of motorcycle riders were wearing helmets during the collision. Only 4.9% (n = 156) of patients received any form of scene care. In-hospital mortality was 4.3% (n = 139) and was associated with male sex (AOR = 1.7, 95%CI = 1.08–2.80), crashing on a motorcycle (AOR = 2.08, 95%CI = 1.1–3.67) and scene care (AOR = 0.25, 95%CI = 0.04–0.80).

Serge Ngekeng, Odette Kibu, Rasheedat Oke, Nahyeni Bassah, Darwin Arole Touko, Mark T. Yost, Fanny Dissak-Delon, Nicholas Tendongfor, Georges Nguefack-Tsague, Alan Hubbard, Sandra I. McCoy, S. Ariane Christie, Alain Chichom-Mefire & Catherine Juillard

https://bmcemergmed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12873-024-01113-8

BMC Emergency Medicine

16 oktober 2024

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