Perfil dos motociclistas atendidos pelo serviço de atendimento móvel de urgência (SAMU) de Sete Lagoas

Abstract

Traffic accidents (AT) involving motorcycles have grown a lot in recent years and can be considered a public health problem. Traffic accidents (AT) involving motorcycles have grown a lot in recent years and can be considered a public health problem. The objective of this study was to describe the profile of traffic accidents involving motorcyclists assisted by the Emergency Mobile Service (SAMU) of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, a state from Brazil. It is a cross-sectional, quantitative descriptive research. We used information from the SAMU of Sete Lagoas from 749 motorcyclists who became involved in AT. Data were collected between January and December 2015. The following variables were used to describe the population profile: age, sex, kinematics, injuries, accident site and day of the week. Data were analyzed using means or medians for continuous variables, and frequencies for categorical variables.Pearson's chi-square test was performed between sex and other variables, considering a level of significance of 5%. All analyzes were performed using Stata software version 12.0. The results showed that 74.23% of the victims were males, with average age of 29,9 years old, the majority of accidents occurred in the urban area (96.6%), motorcycle collisions with car corresponded to 52.2% of the occurrences and 98% of the calls were performed by the Basic Support Unit. The present study concludes that the majority of accidents affect males and of productive age, and may represent important repercussions on the economy and high costs for the health system.