Festival Epidemic ; An Epidemiological Study of Patients Attending Emergency Department on an Uttarayan Festival, in the Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics, SMS Hospital, Jaipur.

Abstract

Aim and Objectives : To assess the mode , pattern of injury and burden of traumatic patients in emergency department of level 1 trauma center, on a specic festival . This was an epidemiological study conducted on an utta Materials and Methods : rayan festival ( 12 January to 16 January 2023 ) with patient attending in emergency department , Institute of traumatology and Orthopedics, Sawai Man Singh Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan . Study group consisted of 670 patients . Inclusion criteria: injured patients of all age groups who were directly associated with festival in form of injury by thread of kite ( cut by manja ) or fall from height while ying kite on festival , attending in emergency department . 602 ( Results & Discussion: 89.85 % ) patients were injured by thread of kite (cut by manja) and 68 (10.15 %) patients were injured due to fall from height while ying kite . Ratio of male : female was 2.9:1, study shows male predominance and maximum patients (39.40 %)were injured in 16-30 years age group. Common mode of injury was cut by manja and belong to green category which were treated in emergency minor OT and discharged. 27 ( 4.02 % ) patients belonged to red category, 9 injured by thread of kite and 18 injured due to fall from height . All 27 patients required admission after primary assessment and 7 needed urgent surgery, (4 patient cut by manja and 3 fall from height) , 2 patient survived and 2 expired ( within 48 hour ) after surgery due to deep neck cut (red category). 11 patients were brought dead . Patients having deep neck cut by thread belong to red and Black category, age of all patients were below the 10 years. Patient with history of fall from height were from all age groups. we can Conclusion: decrease the number of cases in festival epidemic by wearing helmet , tie scarf around neck , avoid child sitting in front of bike rider and creating awareness among population regarding such festive epidemics, one can decrease burden of trauma patients landing up in emergency department .