Emergency department electric scooter injuries after the introduction of shared e-scooter services: A retrospective review of 3,331 cases

作     者：Ittai Shichman Or Shaked Shai Factor Ahuva Weiss-Meilik Amal Khoury Ittai Shichman;Or Shaked;Shai Factor;Ahuva Weiss-Meilik;Amal Khoury

作者机构：Division of OrthopedicsTel-Aviv Sourasky Medical CenterAffi liated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine Tel-Aviv UniversityTel Aviv 64239Israel Head of I-Medata AI CenterTel-Aviv Sourasky Medical CenterAffi liated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine Tel-Aviv UniversityTel Aviv 64239Israel 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Emergency Medicine》 (世界急诊医学杂志（英文）)

年 卷 期：2022年第13卷第1期

页      面：5-10页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100210[医学-外科学(含：普外、骨外、泌尿外、胸心外、神外、整形、烧伤、野战外)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：E-scooter Scooter Emergency department 

摘      要：BACKGROUND: To determine the frequency, characteristics, and use of resources related to electric scooter(e-scooter) injuries in the emergency department(ED) of a major metropolitan area ***: We performed a retrospective review of all ED presentations related to e-scooter injuries at a level I trauma center between May 2017 and February 2020. We identified ED presentation data, injury-related data, patients’ clinical course after evaluation, injury diagnosis, surgical procedures, and ED ***: A total of 3,331 patients with e-scooter injuries presented to the ED over a 34-month period. There was a 6-fold increase in e-scooter-related injuries presenting to the ED, from an average of 26.9 injuries per month before the introduction of shared e-scooter services in August 2018 to an average of 152.6 injuries per month after its introduction. The average injury rate during weekdays was 3.27 per day, with the majority of injuries occurring in the afternoon. The most common mechanism of injury was rider fall(79.1%). There were a total of 2,637 orthopedic injuries, of which 599(22.7%) were fractures. A total of 296(8.9%) patients were hospitalized following the initial ED admission, and 462 surgeries were performed within 7 days of ED ***: The introduction of the shared e-scooter services is associated with a dramatic increase in e-scooter injuries presenting to the ED. E-scooter use carries considerably underestimated injury risks of high-energy trauma and misunderstood mechanisms of injuries. These injuries challenge the healthcare system, with a major impact on both EDs and surgical departments.