Table 2.
Cause and outcomes of trauma patients visiting surgical emergency department of Dilla university referral hospital from January 2015 to June 2019
| Variable | Category | Outcome | Number (%) | |
| Improved | Died | |||
| Mechanism of injury | RTA | 166 | 12 | 178(47.3) |
| Assault | 105 | 8 | 113(30.1) | |
| Fall | 58 | 3 | 61(16.2) | |
| Burn | 9 | 0 | 9(2.4) | |
| Others | 15 | 0 | 15(4) | |
| Types of injury | Head | 35 | 9 | 44(11.7) |
| Chest | 21 | 1 | 22(5.9) | |
| Abdomen | 42 | 1 | 43(11.4) | |
| Upper extremities | 74 | 0 | 74(19.7) | |
| Lower extremities | 133 | 2 | 135(35.9) | |
| Polytrauma | 48 | 10 | 58(15.4) | |
| Revised trauma score | <10 | 10 | 10 | 20(5.3) |
| ≥10 | 343 | 13 | 356(94.7) | |
| Glasgow Coma scale | Mild | 349 | 14 | 363(96.5) |
| Moderate | 4 | 2 | 6(1.6) | |
| Severe | 0 | 7 | 7(1.9) | |
| Time to arrive institution | Immediate(<1hr) | 162 | 2 | 164(43.6) |
| Within hrs(1–24hrs) | 190 | 13 | 203(54) | |
| Within days(>24hrs) | 1 | 8 | 9(2.4) | |
| Mode of transportation | Ambulance | 27 | 7 | 34(9) |
| Bajaj | 141 | 6 | 147(39.1) | |
| Taxi | 169 | 8 | 177(47.1) | |
| Others | 16 | 2 | 18(47.8) | |
| Operated on | Yes | 10 | 5 | 15(4) |
| No | 343 | 18 | 361(96) | |
| Hospitalization | Less than one day | 1 | 0 | 1(0.3) |
| 1–7days | 329 | 11 | 340(90.4) | |
| >7days | 23 | 12 | 35(9.3) | |