Vehicle related injury patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic: What has changed?

Sutherland, Mason; McKenney, Mark; Elkbuli, Adel

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2020.06.006

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“…Since the onset of the pandemic and the encouragement of social distancing and stay-at-home orders, patterns of traumatic injury have been shown to change. [39][40][41][42][43] For example, the U.S. has observed a decrease in vehicle-related injuries and a paradoxical increase in gun violence in certain major cities. [39][40][41][42][43] With an increased number of HBs, ACBs and ICU beds being dedicated J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f to COVID-19 patients, there is a question of whether patients with traumatic injuries can still receive a high quality of care and vice-versa, particularly as countries begin to lift restrictions and move towards restoring normalcy.…”

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A Closer Look Into Global Hospital Beds Capacity and Resource Shortages During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Sen-Crowe

Sutherland

McKenney

et al. 2021

Journal of Surgical Research

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Closer Look Into Global Hospital Beds Capacity and Resource Shortages During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Sen-Crowe

Sutherland

McKenney

et al. 2021

Journal of Surgical Research

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213

153

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“…The restricted travel mandates have had significant impacts on motor vehicle collisions (MVC). Trauma centers located in Florida, New York, and Massachusetts have reported a significant downward trend in MVCs [ 4 ]. After reviewing trauma admissions from 2017 to 2020, February to April, a New Hampshire Level II trauma center reported an 80.5% reduction in MVCs [ 2 ].…”

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Trauma Trends During the Initial Peak of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Midst of Lockdown: Experiences From a Rural Trauma Center

Rhodes¹,

Petersen²,

Biswas³

2020

Cureus

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Background As the early peak phase in the coronavirus outbreak has intensified, stay at home mandates were advised requiring individuals to remain home to prevent community transmission of the disease. Further mandates escalated isolated environments such as school closures, social distancing, travel restrictions, closure of public gathering spaces, and business closures. As citizens were forced to stay home during the pandemic, the crisis created unique trends in trauma referrals, which consisted of atypical trends in injuries related to trauma. Methods A retrospective review of all trauma registry patients presenting to a rural American College of Surgeons (ACS) verified Level I trauma center with associated trauma activation before and during the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, integral dates January 1, 2020, to May 1, 2020. A comparison was made regarding trauma trends based on the previous year (January 1, 2019, to May 1, 2019). The data collected included patient characteristics, grouping by trauma activation, injury type, injury severity score (ISS), alcohol screen, drug screen, and mode of injury. Results A statistically significant increase was found largely among males (p = 0.02) with positive alcohol screens (p < 0.001). The statistically significant mode of injury among this trauma population included falling, jumping, pushed (p = 0.02); self-harm-jump (p = 0.01); assault (p = 0.03); and assault with sharp object (p = 0.036). Conclusions Although overall trauma volume was reduced preceding and during the COVID-19 stay at home mandates, a significant increase in specific trauma trends were observed, such as falls, jumps, and pushed; self-harm-jumps; assaults; and assaults with sharp objects. Largely, the trauma trends were among men with higher levels of alcohol than previously reported.

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“…Early empirical evidence suggests that there has been a decrease in collisions during the pandemic. 2,[15][16][17][18] Interestingly, in the USA there has been a reduction in MVCs in the first months of the Covid-19 pandemic, [15][16] but at the same time there has been an increase in deaths. 19 The objective of this study is to examine whether and to what extent MVCs, injuries and deaths were affected by the Covid-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland.…”

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Empty Streets, Speeding and Motor Vehicle Collisions during Covid-19 Lockdowns: Evidence from Northern Ireland

Vandoros

Papailias

2021

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Covid-19 and lockdowns have had spillover effects on other health outcomes. Motor vehicle collisions (MVC) are likely to have been affected by the pandemic due to, among others, less traffic volume and speeding on empty streets. This paper studies the impact of the pandemic on MVCs in Northern Ireland. Using monthly data on injuries and deaths, we find a steep decline in slight and serious injuries compared to what would have been expected in the absence of the pandemic. However, we find no effect on the number of deaths. Based on data from speeding tickets, a plausible explanation for the differential effect on the number of injuries and deaths is speeding on empty streets during the pandemic.

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Vehicle related injury patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic: What has changed?

Cited by 73 publications

References 5 publications

A Closer Look Into Global Hospital Beds Capacity and Resource Shortages During the COVID-19 Pandemic

A Closer Look Into Global Hospital Beds Capacity and Resource Shortages During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Trauma Trends During the Initial Peak of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Midst of Lockdown: Experiences From a Rural Trauma Center

Empty Streets, Speeding and Motor Vehicle Collisions during Covid-19 Lockdowns: Evidence from Northern Ireland

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