Медико-социальные проблемы травматизма на железнодорожном транспорте

Abstract

Traumatism is one of the main reasons of a general population invalidity and mortality. Its high prevalence leads to great social and economic losses. Among the persons underwent the collisions there were 1,5% of railroaders and 1/3 of them died and the rest had traumata and injuries. The amount of traumatism among male railroaders constitutes5,8 per 100 of the workers (or 8,5% to the total), the amount of the day of disability constitute 99,7 per 100 of the workers (or 14,8% to the total) and the average length of one case is 9,9 days. Traumatism on the railway transport is one of the main reasons of primary invalidity and determines nearly 15% of all cases of stable loss of ability to work/ The majority of the persons with traumata (87,2%) began and finished their treatment in ambulances and policlinics. This points to the leading role of these health care institutions both in the organization of medical aid at traumata and in its prophylaxis.