ALCOHOL, DRUG USE, AND INJURIES IN TRAFFIC CRASHES AND ABUSES TREATED IN EMERGENCY ROOMS

• Autores: Malaga, Hernán, Villar, Emily, Linares, Christian, George, Humberto
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2020
• Institución: Universidad Ricardo Palma
• Repositorio: Revista URP - Biotempo
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:oai.revistas.urp.edu.pe:article/3267
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.urp.edu.pe/index.php/Biotempo/article/view/3267
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: alcoholímetro; atropellos; choque de transito; prueba de droga

Following the regional protocol designed by the PAHO alcohol and drug program, the relative frequency of injuries in traffi c crashes and injuries, which reached an emergency center with alcohol and / or drugs, Th e Casimiro Ulloa National Hospital (HEJCU) was chosen for the period October 2018 to July 2019. Th e study population was that of the patients who gave us informed consent and the team in charge of sampling, fi lled out the ad-hoc form and collected the results of the breathalyzer and drug test. Th e high frequency of patients who did not give their consent would reveal the high degree of sensitivity towards the detection of alcoholics and drug addicts existing in the city, 15% of alcoholics were detected, 5% of marijuana users, 3% of cocaine and one opiate. An association was detected between alcohol and drug use. Th e drug detection program should incorporate a drug detection system, which should be extended to pedestrians.