ASSESSMENT OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND SEVERITY OFINJURIES IN VICTIMS OF ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN ARCTIC AREA OF ARKHANGELSK REGION

• Main Authors: A. V. Baranov, Yu. E. Barachevsky, V. V. Klyuchevsky, S. M. Groshilin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: State Budget Educational Institute of Higher Professional Education, Rostov State Medical University, Ministry Health of Russian Federation 2016
• Subjects: road-traffic accidents; circumstances of the injury; isolated; multiple and concomitant injuries; the severity of the injury; Medicine (General); R5-920; Arctic; Severodvinsk; Kholmogory; Arkhangelsk
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.21886/2219-8075-2016-1-41-44; https://doaj.org/article/c3bda278fe074f5e86ed1f1378af0e17

Purpose: assessment of the circumstances and the severity of injuries in victims in the accident , registered in the Arctic zone of the Arkhangelsk region.Materials and methods: we analyzed the medical histories of 327 victims of road traffic accidents in 2012-2014 in Severodvinsk and adjoiningroads of Arkhangelsk region (12-km section of the federal road M-8 «Kholmogory» and a range of regional roads connecting the city with other municipalities).Results: the circumstances of the accidents and severity of victims’ injuries were estimated using a scale of ISS (Injury severity score), the prevalence of injuries of drivers and passengers on the regional roads and injuries of pedestrians — on the roads of Severodvinskwasrevealed.Summary: pedestrians had the most severe injuries on the regional roadsamong other victims, motorcyclists- in urban area. The prevalence of severe concomitant injuries was registered in males.