Traumatic Deaths.
Trauma is still the leading cause of death among people between the ages of 10-40
years and it is also the third most common cause of death for all ages in the industrialized
countries. Almost all the patients of traumatic injuries refer to
emergency departments and between 15-24 years men are more exposed to trauma than women.
Trauma is accepted to be the fore cause of losing years of life worldwide by the World
Health Organization in 2020. Epidemiological studies about traumatic
deaths estimate a progressive increase in traumatic injuries by the year 2030.
Trauma is also a substantial socio-economic problem and traumatic injuries
cause a significant loss in terms of years of productive
life and increased health care costs and disabilities.
When death term meets the following three criteria it is
conceived avoidable: the individual survives trauma injuries and
its outcomes; maintenance provided did not follow curation guidelines;
mistakes in patient administration contributed directly or indirectly to an individual’s death.
Preventable deaths can be used to evaluate quality of care
protocols and health care systems and these deaths can be essential
demonstration of performance and proficiency of administration through trauma patients.
Traumatic deaths can be categorized as non-preventable, potentially
preventable and preventable. Absolutely preventable death means that mildly
anatomical injuries with alterable live threat.
Potentially preventable death means that
serious anatomical injuries within possibility
survivable under excellent conditions and resuscitation or conscious
patients with the facility to act at the scene or patients with signs of life at
the scene and lack of anatomical non-survivable injuries.
Emerg Med Open J. 2016; 2(1): 15-16. doi: 10.17140/EMOJ-2-122
