Limbe Regional Hospital Case Study

Results

Demographic characteristics
A total of 5,617 patients were seen at Limbe Regional Hospital ED over the study period with 88.2% of these patients residing in the Limbe municipality (Table 1). The average age of patients was 26.8 years [CI: 26.4, 27.2] with a median age of 26 years [IQR: 19, 34]. The peak age incidence of injury was 20 to 29 years (36.5%) followed by patients aged 30-39 years (22.4%) and 10-19 years (15.3%) (Figure 1). About two-thirds of patients were male (67.6%) (Table 1). Students comprised the highest proportion of injured patients (25.5%), followed by those working in transportation (15.0%), and sales (13.6%) (Figure 2). Nature of injury
RTIs (55.5%) were the leading cause of injury followed by assault (21.9%) (Table 1). Of the patients who sustained RTIs, 53.9% were passengers, 28.3% drivers and 17.8% were pedestrians. Among patients that suffered an RTI, 34.7% involved a motorcycle alone, 22.7% involved a car against a motorcycle, 14.8% car alone, 11.6% motorcycle against pedestrian, and 7.0% car against pedestrian.
GCS was recorded for 3,707 (66.0%) of injured patients, of whom, 97.8% were mildly injured. RTS was recorded for 467 patients (8.3%). About 22 deaths occurred. Eighteen of the dead patients had a documented GCS, of which 17 were classified as severely injured. About 13 of the deceased patients were awarded an ISS, of which only four were classified as severe injuries while the remaining nine were considered to have mild