TY - JOUR T1 - Evaluation of motorcycle accidents admitted to the emergency service and the relationship of alcohol with other demographic properties in motorcycle accidents AU - Dikici Ersan, Ayşen AU - Karakaya, Zeynep AU - Topal, Fatih AU - Payza, Umut AU - Akyol, Pınar Yeşim PY - 2020 DA - June DO - 10.17678/beuscitech.612512 JF - Bitlis Eren University Journal of Science and Technology PB - Bitlis Eren University WT - DergiPark SN - 2146-7706 SP - 1 EP - 5 VL - 10 IS - 1 LA - en AB - Objective: Motorcycle accidents progress with higher mortality thanother accidents. There can be many different factors in the emergence ofaccidents. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of alcohol andother demographic characteristics on motorcycle accidents. Materials andMethods: Patients who were admitted to the emergency department aftermotorcycle accidents between 01.10.2013-01.10.2014 were evaluatedretrospectively. Features such as blood ethanol levels, age, sex, time of admissionto the emergency department (hour, day, month and season), weather conditions,mortality, hospitalization and operation necessity and the loss of labor werediscussed. Findings: 241 patients were included in the study where 99.2% of thepatients were male and the mean age was 27,04 ± 10,86. Most of the accidentsare found to have occurred in the evening (49.8%), in autumn (31%) and sunny/outdoorconditions (51%) with good visibility. It was determined that 3 patients dieddue to head trauma, 142 patients were evaluated and discharged from theemergency department and 41 patients were determined to have labor loss longerthan 1 month. Conclusion: In motorcycle accidents, mostly young males have beenaffected. Most of the alcoholic patients (50%) consist of young patients agedbetween 18-40 years. It has been revealed that head trauma is an importantcause of mortality and morbidity in such accidents. 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