title: Evaluation of care for traffic accidents victims made by on duty emergency physicians and surgeons in the emergency room.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to evaluate the care for victims of traffic accidents by on call emergency physicians and/or surgeons in the emergency room.
  
  
  METHODS
  we conducted a retrospective, descriptive and exploratory study on the care for traffic accidents victims in the urban area of ​​Maringá-PR, between July 2013 and July 2014 in reference hospitals. We assessed demographics and vocational training through a questionnaire sent to the attending physicians.
  
  
  RESULTS
  of the 688 records evaluated, 99% of patients had a prehospital Revised Trauma Score of 12. Statistical analysis showed that in the cases conducted by the emergency physicians (n​=187), the recording of the Glasgow Coma Scale and the performance of surgical procedures were less common, whereas the recording of blood pressure values ​​was performed in greater numbers when compared with cases led by surgeons (n=501). There was a statistically significant relationship (p<0.01) between the length of hospital stay and surgical specialty, with a greater chance (crude OR=28) in the period from one to six hours for the group treated by emergency doctors. Most physicians participating in the study were young, with emergency room time of up to one to two years, and with ATLS training. Among those who had attended the ATLS course, 60% did so in the last four years. Surgeons performed 73% of hospital treatments.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  in the care of traffic victims with minor injuries, the Glasgow Coma Scale, the blood pressure levels, the type of treatment in the emergency room and hospital stay had different approaches between emergency physicians and surgeons.
authors.affiliation: Post-Graduate Program in Health Sciences, Health Sciences Center, State University of Maringá, Maringa, Parana, Brazil.
authors.forename: Vlaudimir Dias
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Marques
authors.affiliation: Post-Graduate Program in Health Sciences, Health Sciences Center, State University of Maringá, Maringa, Parana, Brazil.
authors.forename: Mauricio Medeiros
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Lemos
authors.affiliation: Post-Graduate Program in Health Sciences, Health Sciences Center, State University of Maringá, Maringa, Parana, Brazil.
authors.forename: Cesar Orlando Peralta
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Bandeira
authors.affiliation: Post-Graduate Program in Health Sciences, Health Sciences Center, State University of Maringá, Maringa, Parana, Brazil.
authors.forename: Amélia Cristina
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Seidel
authors.affiliation: Post-Graduate Program in Health Sciences, Health Sciences Center, State University of Maringá, Maringa, Parana, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sandra Maria
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Peloso
authors.affiliation: Post-Graduate Program in Health Sciences, Health Sciences Center, State University of Maringá, Maringa, Parana, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Dalva DE Barros
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Carvalho
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D066231:Surgeons; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy*