Brief Summary: This observational study intends to analyze the characteristic of specific accidents happened in Austrian's mountainous regions. The mechanisms of accidents which are evaluated are accidents while using a sleigh, climbing accidents, cycle accidents, canyoning accidents, hiking accidents, snowshoeing accidents, water-sport accidents, ski and snowboard accidents.
The data are collected retrospectively from the database of Austrian alpine police force. These data are analyzed. The information from this database (scene of accident, weather, daytime…) is compared to secondary data collected from the University Hospital of Innsbruck. The comparison of both databases was approved by the Austrian Data Protection Agency. The goal of the study is to give detailed information of circumstances leading to accident and give medical information of the patient's condition and his outcome. The method to collect data and to analyze is the same than in AN4757 315/4.4 (NCT03405467).
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
20,000
General and specific data collected
General and Surgical Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Number of persons suffered an accident in Alpine Mountains in Austria
The number of persons which suffered one of the specified accidents. (n/year)
Time frame: 2005-2018
Gender of persons suffered an accident in Alpine Mountains in Austria
Gender male/female or non specified which suffered one of the specified accidents. (n/year)
Time frame: 2005-2018
Mortality of persons suffered an accident in Alpine Mountains in Austria
Number of persons deceased (deceased/n per year) which suffered one of the specified accidents.
Time frame: 2005-2018
Number of patients treated per injury pattern at Medical University of Innsbruck, a major trauma center in western Austria.
(n/year) treated at Medical University of Innsbruck
Time frame: 2005-2018
Gender of patients treated per injury pattern at Medical University of Innsbruck, a major trauma center in western Austria.
male/female, unspecified treated at Medical University of Innsbruck (n/year)
Time frame: 2005-2018
Injury severity score (ISS) per injury pattern at Medical University of Innsbruck, a major trauma center in western Austria.
Injury severity score of suffered injury (ISS=AIS\*AIS)
Time frame: 2005-2018
Abbreviated Injury severity scale (AIS) per injury pattern at Medical University of Innsbruck, a major trauma center in western Austria.
Abbreviated Injury Severity Scale of suffered injury (1-6 points; scale - minor, moderate, serious, severe, critical, maximum)
Time frame: 2005-2018
Type of evacuation
Type of evacuation (terrestrial, helicopter, combined terrestrial and helicopter) (n/year)
Time frame: 2005-2018
Mortality depending on evacuation type
Number of fatalities depending on type of evacuation (n/year)
Time frame: 2005-2018
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