Medico-Legal Update

Pradeep Kumar Agarwal ¹, Pranav Kumar ², Harnam Singh ³

Affiliations
1 Associate Professor, Muzaffarnagar Medical College, Muzaffarnagar, U.P., IN
2 Assistant Professor, Muzaffarnagar Medical College, Muzaffarnagar, U.P., IN
3 Professor and Head, Muzaffarnagar Medical College, Muzaffarnagar, U.P., IN

Abstract

Road Traffic Accidents are one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the world. The etiological factors may be classified into human and environmental out of which human factors are much more responsible for number of accidents. This study was carried out on Road Traffic Accidents cases reported to casualty department of Muzaffarnagar Medical College, Muzaffarnagar (U.P) from 1st July 2016 to 30th June 2017. The main objectives of the study were to know the causes and factors responsible for the accidents. Data were collected and analyzed. A Total of 416 cases were included in the study. Human error is responsible for accidents in 78% of cases in which drivers were at fault in 57.0% of cases followed by the pedestrians and passengers of vehicles who were responsible for 18% and 3.0% cases respectively. Faults in vehicles and poor weather accounted for accidents 8.0% & 7.8% of total cases respectively. Bad roads were responsible for accidents in 4.0% of total cases. None of the driver or passengers of the vehicles was wearing helmets or seat belts which are a very alarming trend. The important human factors responsible for accidents were over speeding, rash driving, violation of traffic rules, carelessness, wrong crossing, playing on roads, alcohol intake, fatigue or sleepiness.

Keywords

Road traffic accidents, Causes, Risk factors, Human error, Drivers

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Pradeep Kumar Agarwal ¹, Pranav Kumar ², Pranav Kumar ², Harnam Singh ³, Harnam Singh ³

Affiliations
1 Associate Professor, Muzaffarnagar Medical College, Muzaffarnagar, U.P., IN
2 Assistant Professor, Muzaffarnagar Medical College, Muzaffarnagar, U.P., IN
3 Professor and Head, Muzaffarnagar Medical College, Muzaffarnagar, U.P., IN

Abstract

Poisoning is a significant global public health problem which leads to nearly a million deaths per year. Incidence of poisoning is high in India. This study was carried out on poisoning cases reported to casualty department of Muzaffarnagar Medical College, Muzaffaranagar from 1st January 2016 to 31st December 2016.The main objectives of the study were to analyze pattern and demographic variables of poisoning cases. Data were collected and analyzed. A total of 72 cases (male: 46, female: 26) were included in the study. Maximum cases were of age group 21-30 years (30.5%). More cases from rural area (75%) were reported. Summer months saw maximum number of cases (37.5%). Poisoning by Organophosphorus was seen in maximum cases (31.9%) followed by Aluminium phosphide (29.1%)and in maximum cases reason for poisoning was Intentional (52.7%) and route of exposure was by oral ingestion (84.7%).The study concludes that the burden of poisoning demands strategies for identification, prevention and its rational management.

Keywords

Poisoning, Organophosphorus, Aluminium phosphide, Casualty

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