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Prevalence Of Mechanical Trauma And Characteristics Of Victims Of Dead Injury In RSUD dr. Pirngadi Medan City Year 2019-2021

Volume: 104  ,  Issue: 1 , July    Published Date: 10 July 2022
Publisher Name: IJRP
Views: 274  ,  Download: 202 , Pages: 845 - 851    
DOI: 10.47119/IJRP1001041720223587

Authors

# Author Name
1 Said Muzania
2 Adriansyah Lubis
3 Dessy Darmayani Harianja
4 Doaris Ingrid Marbun

Abstract

Violence against victims of homicide and abuse of living victims can occur in various forms of violence/trauma where victims of mechanical trauma are victims who are mostly served in clinical forensic medicine services. According to data and information obtained from the Central Statistics Agency in 20201 there were 898 cases of crimes against life or homicide that occurred in Indonesia in 2020. Violence is the fifth leading cause of death in the world, and in people under the age of 40, it is the leading cause of death. This study uses a descriptive research study with a research design cross sectional retrospective, where data retrieval is carried out only once using secondary data originating fromVisum et Repertum of dead victimsforensic installation at RSU Dr. Pirngadi Medan. Population and sample 83 victims died (total population). Based on this study, it was found that the proportion of victims who died due to mechanical trauma was mostly at the age of 46-55 years as many as 18 people (21.7%), man68 people (81.9%), work61 people (783%), the highest prevalence of mechanical trauma was blunt mechanical trauma as many as 80 people (96.4%), the types of mechanical trauma injuries were tears, abrasions, bruises and fractures as many as 24 people (28.9%), the location of the wound on the head was 22 people (26.5%), the TKP area is in the Medan Labuhan Sector as many as 52 people (62.7%), the combination of mechanical trauma is only 3 people (3.6%).

Keywords

  • Mechanic trauma; Victim death body; Violence