05 July 2024 : Clinical Research
Burden and Patterns of Electric Scooter-Related Injuries: Insights From 2 Polish Emergency Departments
Tomasz Kłosiewicz
1ABCDEF, Patryk Konieczka 2ABCG, Dorota Rutkowska 3ABCDEG, Daniel Piotr Duchań-Ogrodnik 4ABCDEG, Wiktoria Zasada 1BCDEF, Hanna Cholerzyńska 1BCDEF*, Monika Rozmarynowska 1ABCE, Mateusz Bednorz 5ABCDE, Łukasz Jodłowski 5ABCDE
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.944448
Med Sci Monit 2024; 30:e944448
Table 1 Patient and incident characteristics at initial presentation to the ED.
| Variable | n | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Triage category | Red | 0 | 0.00 |
| Orange | 12 | 2.91 | |
| Yellow | 141 | 34.14 | |
| Green | 243 | 58.83 | |
| Blue | 17 | 4.12 | |
| Time of day | Morning (6 AM-1: 59 PM) | 116 | 28.09 |
| Afternoon (2 PM-9: 59 PM) | 139 | 33.66 | |
| Night (10 PM-5: 59 AM) | 158 | 38.25 | |
| Season of the year | Winter | 34 | 8.23 |
| Spring | 68 | 16.46 | |
| Summer | 193 | 46.73 | |
| Autumn | 118 | 28.58 | |
| Mechanism of injury | Fall | 306 | 74.09 |
| Collision | 43 | 10.42 | |
| Unknown | 64 | 15.49 | |
| Alcohol consumption | No | 399 | 96.61 |
| Yes | 12 | 2.91 | |
| Not defined | 2 | 0.48 |