{"id":1117,"date":"2020-03-20T12:23:35","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T02:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/jamieson-trauma-institute-new\/?p=1117"},"modified":"2022-06-27T13:27:57","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T03:27:57","slug":"qti-0320","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/jamieson-trauma-institute\/qti\/qti-0320","title":{"rendered":"Low Speed Vehicle Run Over related injury hospitalisations: Queensland from 2015\/16 to 2018\/19"},"content":{"rendered":"

Low Speed Vehicle Run Over related injury hospitalisations: Queensland from 2015\/16 to 2018\/19<\/h1>\n

Queensland Trauma Insights – March 2020<\/h2><\/h1><\/div>

Authors:<\/strong> A\/Prof Cate Cameron, Dr Shahera Banu Last updated on 11 March 2020<\/p>\n

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Background<\/h2>\n

Injuries from low speed vehicle runover (LSVRO) events often occur during childhood, however these types of injuries can happen at any age, with the elderly becoming a more prominent age group. It has been 10 years since an in-depth analysis of these injuries was conducted in Queensland in the 0 \u2013 15 year old age group1<\/sup>. The following snapshot shows contemporaneous epidemiological trends for the most recent 4 financial years of hospitalisation data in Queensland.<\/p>\n

Key findings<\/h2>\n

Between 01 July 2015 and 30 June 2019:<\/p>\n

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  • 430 LSVRO injury hospitalisation episodes in Qld public acute hospitals.<\/li>\n
  • Highest incidence in 0-4 year olds.<\/li>\n
  • Greatest gender difference for younger ages with males having a higher incidence.<\/li>\n
  • Second peak with increased rates in adults over 60 years of age with females having a higher incidence.<\/li>\n
  • Increasing incidence in older age group over the time period.<\/li>\n
  • 53% of events had a length of stay one day or less.<\/li>\n
  • Saturday had the highest number of cases for injury events occurring in home driveway and Thursday had the highest number of cases for public carparks.<\/li>\n
  • 46% of injuries resulted in fractures or dislocations.<\/li>\n
  • 30% of injuries occurred in non-metropolitan areas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Key figures<\/h2>\n

    Trends over time<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    Activity\/Outcome<\/th>\n15\/16<\/th>\n16\/17<\/th>\n17\/18<\/th>\n18\/19<\/th>\nTotal<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Episodes of care<\/td>\n95<\/td>\n111<\/td>\n113<\/td>\n111<\/td>\n430<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Patient days<\/td>\n421<\/td>\n647<\/td>\n471<\/td>\n411<\/td>\n1950<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Av Length of stay<\/td>\n4.4<\/td>\n5.8<\/td>\n4.1<\/td>\n3.7<\/td>\n4.5<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Discharged home<\/td>\n73%<\/td>\n67%<\/td>\n77%<\/td>\n67%<\/td>\n71%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

    Note: Total number of hospital deaths across the four financial years n=6<\/p>\n