A profile of trauma patients admitted in the Intensive Care Unit

Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and associated hospital is a premier institute of teaching, research and healthcare services. The hospital has about 1400 bed which caters to specialties and superspecialities.It conducts DM and MCH courses in addition to MD/MS in broad specialties. It has the best teaching brains in India. Without gainsaying the fact that it aspires to one of the best hospital in India, probably at par with AIIMS, New Delhi. In that case it would be able to attract patients of diverse diseases even from abroad, thereby clinching the coveted title of "Nightingale of the East". The researcher selected this topic for study of trauma involved patients needing specialized emergency care in ICU. This study finally led to certain definitive conclusion about injuries, reason and demographic aspects. It is hoped that the findings promulgated aspects of trauma, emergency care, morbidity and mortality encountered in ICU of a large teaching hospital. This could form a benchmark for formulating policies and healthcare.