Emergency department electric scooter injuries after the introduction of shared e-scooter services: A retrospective review of 3,331 cases
Ittai Shichman, Or Shaked, Shai Factor, Ahuva Weiss-Meilik, Amal Khoury
Table 1 Patient demographics, n (% of total cohort)
Parameters Values
Age, years, mean (SD) 32.3 (11.8)
Age group
16-25 years 889 (26.7)
25-40 years 1,849 (55.5)
40-60 years 441 (13.2)
≥60 years 152 (4.6)
Sex, male 1,991 (59.8)
Time of day
00:00-05:59 525 (15.8)
06:00-11:59 795 (23.8)
12:00-17:59 1,113 (33.4)
18:00-23:59 898 (27.0)
Mechanism of ED transport
Emergency medical services 1,153 (34.6)
Self-presented 2,178 (65.4)
Australasian Triage Scale
1 - Immediately life threatening 36 (1.1)
2 - Imminently life threatening 82 (2.5)
3 - Potentially life threatening 1,016 (30.5)
4 - Situational urgency 1,801 (54.1)
5 - Less urgent 240 (7.2)
Unknown 156 (4.6)
Trauma room activation 41 (1.2)
Imaging
X-Ray 2,342 (70.3)
Any CT 985 (29.6)
Head CT 531 (15.9)
ED treatment
Analgesics 1,344 (40.3)
Antibiotics 207 (6.2)
Tetanus toxoid 723 (21.7)
Blood alcohol concentration (≥0.08 mg/dL)
Positive 56 (1.7)
Negative 70 (2.1)
Missing 3,205 (96.2)
Helmet use
Yes 138 (4.1)
No 122 (3.7)
Unknown 3,071 (92.2)
Mechanism of injury
Rider fall 2,635 (79.1)
Rider collision 536 (16.1)
Pedestrian vs. e-scooter 160 (4.8)
ED LOS, mean (SD) 4 hours and 55 minutes
(3 hours and 44 minutes)