Table 5. Management and outcome of the top four types of non-traffic unintentional injuries among children attending ED, King Abdul-Aziz Medical City, 2017.
ICU, intensive care unit; ED, emergency department
| Type of injury | Type of management | Outcome of injury | ||||||
| Admitted to ward/burn unit/ICU | Admitted for emergency surgery | Died in ED | No significant disability | Short-term disability (<6 weeks) | Long-term disability (>6 weeks) | Permanent disability | Death | |
| Fracture, dislocation, subluxation | 199 | 33 | 0 | 62 | 64 | 102 | 4 | 0 |
| 85.7% | 14.2% | 0.0% | 26.7% | 27.6% | 44.0% | 1.7% | 0.0% | |
| Cut, laceration, open wound | 87 | 16 | 0 | 45 | 35 | 17 | 6 | 0 |
| 84.5% | 15.5% | 0.0% | 43.7% | 34.0% | 16.5% | 5.8% | 0.0% | |
| Burns | 86 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 1 |
| 100% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 36.0% | 2.3% | 0.0% | 60.5% | 1.2% | |
| Brain injury/bleeding | 60 | 2% | 1 | 34 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 5 |
| 95.2% | 3.2 | 1.6% | 54% | 19.0% | 14.3% | 4.8% | 7.9% | |