Epidemiological profile of polytensumated patients served at the municipal hospital of imperatriz-ma in year 2017

This is a research whose subject deals with the Epidemiological Profile of Polytraumatized Patients. The general objective is to investigate the epidemiological profile of polytrauma patients treated at the Municipal Hospital of Imperatriz - MA from January to December 2017. It is a descriptive-exploratory research with a quantitative approach. It is a statistical survey for documentary analysis of the sources of data collection in medical records filled by health professionals, in the care of victims with polytrauma. The research was developed in the HMI, through information contained in the database, derived from the patient records of polytrauma patients. Data were analyzed using the statistical package SPSS version 23, adopting a significance level of 5% (p <0.05). A total of 370 patients were victims of polytrauma, of which 78.1% corresponded predominantly to males, while females had a quantitative of 21.9%. It was verified that the months of January, February and July present the highest incidence of traffic accidents during the months of 2017. When analyzed the type of trauma that was most prominent in the research was in the cephalic region corresponding to the highest percentage 32.1%. It was evidenced that the affected limbs that predominated in the research were: the face with the quantitative of 22.2% and the skull 21.3%. Therefore, it is essential and immediate adoption of socio-educational measures to ensure the proper behavior of individuals in traffic, aiming at reducing and preventing future accidents. It is concluded that the results can stimulate and subsidize future research in this area, both for academics and professionals in the field.