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.

Keywords

• Emergency Department, Admission, Resources Utilization, Preventive Strategies