The purpose of this survey is to discuss the methods used to analyze 6000 individual accidents in a definite area by the same medical team. It covers the study of the circumstances of the accident, the injuries observed, their treatment, evolution and final results with their sociological and economical consequences. This study attempts to establish the relationship between the signs of severity recorded on the spot and the final result. It concentrates primarily upon lesions injuries of, leading to two groups of victims. The poly-injured whose injuries compound without getting worse and the poly-traumatic victims whose lesions are of a body in motion and whose injuries are latent and get worse mutually. These 6000 observations constitute many months work. This preliminary study deals with 800 cases and attempts to point out the methodology rather than the results.
Samenvatting