Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Injuries are one of the main causes of mortality in the world. Emergency services should have appropriate knowledge and skills in the field of trauma research at the scene and proper therapeutic treatment. A special group of traumatic patients are children, which are often more difficult to assess and secure by medical personnel. The work aims to determine the profile of a paediatric patient after an injury secured by an ambulance. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The research tool was medical documentation in the form of 68,441 medical charts of rescue operations from 2016-2017, out of which 464 interventions were selected for children with injuries. The factors taken into account were: age and sex of the injured, a combination of hours of travel and months per year, the place where the injury occurred, the type of injury and the type of ambulance. RESULTS: At the scene, teams without a doctor were dispensed with 354 times, and teams with a doctor 110 times. The highest number of injuries in children occurred in educational institutions. The increase in the number of interventions was observed in the afternoon in the summer and autumn seasons. Trips to girls accounted for 39% (n=181), and 61% (n=283) were trips to boys. The average age of injured paediatric patients was 10.8 years (SD±4.84). The greatest number of injuries in children were head and neck injuries. CONCLUSIONS: Children with injuries usually have a medical emergency team without a doctor. Interventions are usually carried out at schools, in June and October, around noon. Typically, injuries are experienced by several-year-old boys. The dominant regions of injuries are head and neck and limbs.

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