Demographic study of admission pattern of trauma centre of tertiary care teaching hospital

Abstract

Emergency department is the entry point of any multispecialty or tertiary care

hospital. This area is core area of any institute where all types of patients are

admitted. We decided to study pattern of admission to understand workload of

our ER and clue to frequently presenting conditions and readiness of our team

to handle any emergency.

A study on collection of demographic data of admission in casualty of trauma

centre was conducted over a period of 3 months and demographic data were

collected along with provisional diagnosis, average casualty stay and severity

of admission. These data were collected in retrospective pattern and manually.

Collected data were analysed by appropriate statistical software. These data

were able to sort out percentage of medical and surgical admissions, also

severity of condition leading to presentation to ER was obtained. Major age

groups were identified which can be very helpful for allocation of recources.

Observation of these study were useful for understanding the readiness and

lacunae of a busy trauma center for effective management of patients. Also it

gives clue to particular expertise distribution as per common presentation. It

can also give insight for planning future studies in better way and to suggest

preventive measures at community level for some specific diseases.