EVALUĂRI CLINICO-EPIDEMIOLOGICE ASUPRA ACCIDENTELOR RUTIERE, COMPARATIV, ÎN UNITĂŢI DE PRIMIRE URGENŢE. OBSERVAŢII ÎN TREI JUDEŢE ALE MOLDOVEI, ROMÂNIA, ÎN PERIOADA 2005-2010

Aim: to assess road traffic injuries according to some descriptive parameters. Material and methods: The study was carried out on a series of 5374 patients admitted to emergency rooms at Iasi (n=3050), Boto-sani (n=1187), and Vaslui (n=1137), between 2005 and 2010. Results: Most frequently, the patient was a young, male adult, with cranial cerebral trauma, leg fracture, forearm contu-sion, or polytrauma, presenting to the emergency room most commonly in the month of Au-gust, weekends, and interval noon – dawn interval. Conclusions: The impact of road trauma epidemic would facilitate a better adaptation of the medical staff to case dynamics and in-crease the efficacy of primary prevention programs.