PERFIL DOS ACIDENTES DE TRÂNSITO ATENDIDOS POR SERVIÇO DE ATENDIMENTO MÓVEL DE URGÊNCIA.

Objective: To describe the profile of traffic accidents and victims assisted by the Mobile Emergency Care Service. Methods: Descriptive epidemiological study. Data collection was carried out on 633 medical charts of the Mobile Emergency Care Service in a city in the Brazilian countryside. The data were transferred to the statistical program Statistical Package for Social Sciences, and then a descriptive analysis was performed. Results: A total of 74% of the victims were male, with the most prevalent age between 20 and 29 years old (37%). Motorcycles were more involved in accidents, which occurred mostly on weekends. All deaths recorded by this service involved motorcycles. Conclusion: It is concluded that the data presented in this study are similar to the characteristics of the profile of traffic accidents found in other surveys conducted in the country, mainly in relation to motorcyclists. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]