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. 2024;12(2):73-80.
doi: 10.30476/BEAT.2024.101960.1500.

The Impact of COVID-19 on Trauma Emergency Patients in Southeastern Iran

Milad Ahmadi Gohari  1 , Ali Akbar Haghdoost  1 , Mehdi Ahmadinejad  2 , Mohammadreza Balooch Hasankhani  1 , Hossein Mirzaei  3 , Yunes Jahani  1   4
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Trauma Emergency Patients in Southeastern Iran

Milad Ahmadi Gohari et al. Bull Emerg Trauma. 2024.

Abstract

Objective: With the COVID-19 outbreak in countries around the world, the countries' healthcare systems underwent an unprecedented shock. This study aimed to examine the resilience of the medical service delivery system in providing emergency services during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Methods: This study was conducted in a reference hospital in Kerman that provided emergency services to trauma patients. It compared service delivery before and after COVID-19, as well as during the COVID-19 peak and non-peak periods. The compared variables were the number of trauma patients admitted to the hospital and the ICU, the number of patients who died in the hospital due to trauma, and the length of stay in the hospital and the ICU.

Results: The pre- and post-COVID-19 comparisons showed no significant difference in the number of daily hospital admissions, ICU admissions, and patient deaths. The median length of stay in the ICU was significantly reduced by almost 2 days during the COVID-19 outbreak. However, the length of stay at the hospital was almost the same. Furthermore, a comparison of the COVID-19 peaks and non-peak periods indicated no statistically significant difference in the number of admissions in the ICU, hospital and ICU length of stay, and trauma-induced mortality.

Conclusion: Despite the substantial workload imposed by COVID-19 on hospitals, especially during the peak periods of the disease, the provision of medical services to emergency trauma patients did not drop significantly, and the quality of services provided to patients was within the acceptable range.

Keywords: COVID-19; Health service; Iran; Trauma.

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Comparison of ICU and Trauma Patient Admissions: Pre-Pandemic vs. Pandemic
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The number of hospital admissions due to trauma during COVID-19 peak and non-peak times
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