Advances in Nursing & Midwifery

Abstract

Abstract

Background and aim:

at the final hours of the last Tuesday of every year. This study aimed to identify epidemiology of

injuries that caused in this ceremony in 2009.

Materials and Methods:

injured in Chahar Shanbeh Soori ceremony, were collected by universities of medical sciences using

standard and specified questionnaires and then sent to Preventive of Accident and Emergency

Medicine Department to be evaluated. Demographic and epidemic information, as epidemic areas,

states, type of explosive materials and jobs of injured people were studied. At the end, data were

compared with information of a few years ago.

Results:

and average age of them was 20.9 ± 10 years old. Subgroup of 15-24 years old, are the most injured

people and the most injuries, were caused by inflammable materials. More than one third of injuries

of organs are related to hands (%34.4). %81.4 of injured people, were outpatients, and the rest were

hospitalized.

Conclusion:

inflammable materials, warning programs, should presented to parents via media and schools.

Keywords

materials

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