| Summary: | 【Abstract】Objective: Livestock-related injuries
are one of the important factors causing morbidity and mor-tality in patients admitted to hospital. Treatment of these
patients is still a major problem in health care system. The
aim of current study was to assess the epidemiology of
livestock-related injuries in a major trauma center in Iran
from 2006 to 2011.
Methods: In a prospective study, patients with live-stock-related injuries who were consecutively admitted to
the trauma center in Kashan, Iran between 2006 and 2011
were evaluated. The data collected included patient’s
demographics, place and nature of accident, damaged organ,
educational level, transport and outcome. Data were ex-pressed as mean±standard deviation.
Results: A total of 129 patients were included in this
study, accounting for 0.3% of all trauma admission (40 273
cases). The mean age was (55.27±14.45) years. Men were
affected four times more than women. Falling down from
livestock is the main mechanism of trauma in all groups.
Upper and lower extremities were most frequently injured
(n=72), followed by the head, neck and spine (n=33 for each).
There was one death resulting from livestock-related injury
in this study.
Conclusion: Despite the low incidence, livestock-re-lated injuries can damage major organs of human body and
therefore appropriate training program to increase the safety
awareness in home and outdoor is very important.
Key words: Epidemiology; Livestock; Iran; Wounds
and injuries
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