Pozam, Suna EraybarÖzdemir, FatmaSert, Pınar ÇınarMert, Dilek KostakÖner, NuranBeğenen, MagrufÖnen, Gizem2024-11-152024-11-152015-06-012149-5807https://doi.org/10.5152/jaem.2015.49091https://jag.journalagent.com/z4/vi.asp?pdir=atuder&plng=eng&un=ATUDER-49091https://hdl.handle.net/11452/47915Aim: In our study, we aimed to evaluate the trauma patients who were admitted to Department of Emergency Medicine, Uludag University Hospital for demographic characteristics, triage categories, and necessity of a third-level emergency service.Materials and Methods: Data of the trauma patients admitted between November 1, 2012 and November 1, 2013 were selected by a retrospective systematic sampling. The patient age, sex, admission date, trauma mechanism, body part affected by trauma, and triage categories have been recorded.Results: In all, 3251 patients were included. Most cases were men (66%); the age of trauma exposure was 18-64 years age. Most patients were admitted between April and June, and the most frequent mechanism of trauma was sprain and crush. The hospital admission rate is higher in triages 1 and 2, and discharge rates were higher in triages 4 and 5.Conclusion: To determine the severity of the trauma patients that comprised a special group in the emergency department, triage categories can be effectively used. Considering emergency admissions, 80.4% were not found to be emergent patients group, and these patients should be referred to outpatient clinics.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessEmergency departmentTraumaTriageEmergency medicineArticle000360002100004606414210.5152/jaem.2015.49091