SARPER YILMAZ, GÜRKAN AKMAN, İZZET USTAALİOĞLU, MAZLUM KILIÇ, MEHMET KEMAL EMEM
Southern Clinics of Istanbul Eurasia - 2022;33(3):281-285
INTRODUCTION: The recent increased use of electric scooters (E-scooter) in daily life has generated a great deal of discussion involving various areas, such as infrastructure problems, legal issues, and rider safety. This study aimed to manage the analysis of the clinical and demographic characteristics of patients who were admitted to emergency departments due to e-scooter accidents, especially during post-legal regulations in Turkey. METHODS: The study is conducted as cross-sectional and descriptive research. The notice, data, and documents of the patients included in the study were scanned retrospectively, after which certain measurements were performed, such as the Injury Severity Score (ISS), Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS), Trauma and Injury Severity Score (TRISS), and Pediatric Trauma Score (PTS) for children aged 15 years or under. Results: The age of the patients included in this study varies from 5 to 76 years, with a mean age of 27.20±11.90 years. When the injury regions of the patients were examined, the results were revealed as follows: 49.6% (n=58) to the upper extremities, 45.3% (n=53) to the lower extremities, 35.0% (n=41) to the head/face, 8.5% 9% (n=10) to the thorax, 0.9% (n=1) to the cervical vertebra, and 0.9% (n=1) to the thoracic vertebra. Considering the correlation between age, hospital admission time, and accident rates in the accidents with trauma scores, no statistically significant association was found between age and AIS (p>0.05) or ISS (p>0.05), and a statistically significant negative correlation of 45.2% was found between age and TRISS (p=0.001; p<0.01). DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Although it is revealed that E-scooter accidents lead to minor injuries to patients, the use is outside the target audience, causing injury due to mechanical deficiencies and noncompliance with legal rules.
