Prospective Study on Road Traffic Accidents Kiran E.Ravi Dr.1, Saralaya K.Muralidhar Dr.2, Vijaya K. Dr.3 1Associate Professor, Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Mangalore 2Professor and Head, Forensic Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Mangalore 3Assistant Professor of Community Medicine, Fr. Muller Medical College, Mangalore Abstract Road Traffic Accidents have been the bane of the bane of the modern civilization accounting for considerable loss to the nation. An epidemiological study on Road Traffic Accidents (RTA) was carried out in a district hospital. Various parameters like age and sex distribution, time of occurrence, time elapsed between occurrence and referral to the hospital, receipt of First -Aid, alcohol consumption, recovering and expiry of the victims, vehicles involved in RTA, types of Road Traffic Injuries(RTI), seasonal variation of RTAs were studied and valid exclusions were drawn. Top Keywords Road Traffic Accidents, Road Traffic Injuries. Top |