Mechanisms and Patterns of Injuries Related to Large Animals

Norwood, Scott H.; McAuley, Clyde E.; Vallina, Van L.; Fernandez, Luis; McLarty, Jerry; Goodfried, Gary

doi:10.1097/00005373-200004000-00025

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“…Similar results were demonstrated in our study with a mean age of 29 years. Also in other studies, injuries happen mostly in males [7,11,12]. In the study conducted by Yıldız et al [13], 13 of 19 patients were male.…”

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confidence: 92%

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Large Animal-Related Injuries in a Rural Population in Northeastern Turkey

Çağlayan

Çelik

Özkan³

et al. 2012

Indian J Surg

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Animal-related injury is a serious health problem for people living in rural areas. This type of injury could be of great consequence and life-threatening. There are insufficient data regarding this issue. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the causes and treatment outcomes of large animal injuries. We reviewed the medical records of 157 patients with large animal-related injuries in a State Hospital in Northeastern Turkey, between September 2004 and April 2007. Demographic and etiological characteristics of patients and injury and outcome data were analyzed. A total of 157 patients were included in the study. One hundred and thirty-two (84.1 %) of them were male and 25 (15.9 %) female. The mean age of patients was 29.1 years (range 3-83 years). One hundred and twelve patients (71.3 %) had horse-related injuries and 45 patients (28.7 %) had bovinerelated injuries (P00.096). Twenty-one (13.4 %) patients were referred to a tertiary center due to their need for intensive care, whereas 1 (0.6 %) patient died. Large animal-related injuries constitute an important health problem for people living in rural areas. This type of injury could be serious and mortality could be observed.

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confidence: 92%

“…Large animal encounters can result in multiple injuries to various body parts. Norwood et al [11] reported 14 % abdominal injuries caused by large animals. In our study, 8.3 % of patients with abdominal injuries were detected.…”

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Large Animal-Related Injuries in a Rural Population in Northeastern Turkey

Çağlayan

Çelik

Özkan³

et al. 2012

Indian J Surg

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“…Previous studies of work-related injuries among farmers have described patterns of farmers' injuries and have evaluated a variety of potential risk factors (Aherin et al, 1992;Zhou & Roseman, 1994;Myers, 1997;Stallones et al, 1997;Browning et al, 1998;Crawford et al, 1998;Lewis et al, 1998;Myers, 1998;Norwood et al, 2000;Sheldon et al, 2009). In general, the risk factors have been categorized into 2 domains: physical characteristics of the farming environment and personal characteristics of the farmers.…”

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“…The size and speed of these animals create forces similar to those which occur in motor vehicle accidents (Norwood et al, 2000). Nogalski et al (2007) reported that most of the injuries that occurred as a result of bull and horse attacks necessitated hospitalization of the victim.…”

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Livestock-Handling Related Injuries and Deaths

Doğan¹,

Demirci²

2012

Livestock Production

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“…A horse is also more unpredictable than a motorcycle or a racing car. 1 As a result of this potential for injur y, horseback riding has been [3][4][5][6] Other than injuries to jockeys who ride the horses, several factors can cause injuries to people who care for and train horses. In this study, the most common cause of the injury was a fall (168, 60.0%), followed by a clash (49, 17.5%), a kick (46, 14.6%), being trampled on (14, 5.0%), and other causes (3, 1.1%).…”

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Pattern and Severity of Horse-Related Injuries Presenting to Emergency Room

Park¹,

Lim²,

Ahn

et al. 2014

Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine

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Introduction: Horseracing-related injuries have not been studied before in Korea in any detail, although horseracing takes place very regularly in the country. The injury rate is understandably high, owing to the weight of the horses and the speed they can achieve. The purpose of this study was to identify the incidence and the injury patterns of severe equestrian trauma, as well as the associated risk factors. Methods: All patients with equestrian injuries who visited the emergency department (ED) between June 2007 and May 2011 were reviewed retrospectively. Results: During the study period, 288 patients presented to ED with horse-related injury. Two hundred and eighty patients were enrolled in this study. The most common cause of the injury was a fall (168, 60.0%). The most common region of the injury was the face (123, 43.9%). The intermediate value of NISS was 3 (1-75). Thirty-two patients (11.4%) were diagnosed as having moderate to severe injury. Thoracic injuries occurred less often in cases of a fall. Facial and thoracic injuries occurred more often, however abdominal and pelvic injuries were not very common in cases of a clash. When thoracic injuries were accompanied by injuries to other parts of the body, the incidence of moderate to severe injury was very high. Conclusions: Horseracing is a much rougher sport than general horse-riding. Therefore, one recommendation from this study is that jockeys who participate in horseracing should wear additional protective equipment other than a helmet and boots. (Hong Kong j.emerg.med. 2014;21:387-

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Mechanisms and Patterns of Injuries Related to Large Animals

Abstract: Large animal injuries frequently involve multiple body regions with species-specific mechanisms. Upper extremity injuries are associated with a significantly higher percentage of torso and head/craniofacial injuries, which may have implications for field triage.

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Large Animal-Related Injuries in a Rural Population in Northeastern Turkey

Large Animal-Related Injuries in a Rural Population in Northeastern Turkey

Livestock-Handling Related Injuries and Deaths

Pattern and Severity of Horse-Related Injuries Presenting to Emergency Room

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