Rollover Car Crashes with Ejection: A Deadly Combination—An Analysis of 719 Patients
Table 1
Overall analysis of rollover car crashes (ROCs) ().
Age (mean ± SD)
27.5 ± 11.9
Male
644 (89.6%)
Qataris
282 (40.8%)
Position in vehicle
Driver
382 (53.1%)
Front passenger
110 (15.3%)
Back passenger
108 (15.0%)
Unspecified
106 (15%)
Ejected
237 (33%)
Protective devices used
Seatbelt
113 (15.7%)
Airbag
8 (1.1%)
Mode of transport
Ambulance
576 (81%)
Helicopter
115 (16.2%)
Private vehicle
13 (1.8%)
Private ambulance
7 (1%)
Scene intubation
223 (31%)
Associated injuries
Chest
301 (41.9%)
Head
256 (35.6%)
Spine
247 (34.4%)
Abdomen
141 (19.6%)
Pelvis
114 (15.9%)
Upper extremity
233 (32.4%)
Lower extremity
149 (20.7%)
Head AIS (mean ± SD)
3.4 ± 1
Chest AIS (mean ± SD)
2.8 ± 0.6
Abdominal AIS (mean ± SD)
2.5 ± 0.8
ISS (mean ± SD)
14.7 ± 10.6
GCS scene
12.7 ± 4.2
ED LOS (median; range)
4.8 (<1–77)
ED disposition
Operating room
97 (13.6%)
ICU
224 (31.5%)
Surgical floor
338 (47.5%)
Died in ED
46 (6.5%)
Transferred*
7 (1%)
ICU LOS (days) (median; range)
4 (1–155)
Hospital LOS (days) (median; range)
6 (1–368)
Blood transfusion
136 (18.9%)
Blood units (median; range)
4 (1–39)
Ethanol mmol/L (mean ± SD)
35.2 ± 18.1
Mortality
91 (12.7%)
GCS: glasgow coma score; ED: emergency department; LOS: length of stay; OR: operation room; ICU: intensive care unit; AIS: abbreviated injury score; ISS: injury severity score; only burn patients are transferred to another hospital in the campus, the burn center.
