Wilks J, Coory M
Centre for Tourism and Risk Management, Department of Tourism and Leisure Management, The University of Queensland, Ipswich.
Med J Aust. 2000 Sep;173(5):244-6. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2000.tb125629.x.
To determine the number of overseas visitors admitted to Queensland hospitals for water-related injuries over three years, the causes of their injuries, the resulting conditions treated, and the type of hospitals to which they were admitted.
Retrospective analysis of admissions of overseas visitors to Queensland hospitals over the three financial years 1995/96, 1996/97 and 1997/98.
296 overseas visitors admitted for water-related injuries, identified from hospital records by their usual place of residence.
Number of admissions, causes of injuries, conditions treated, and bed days occupied by these patients at different types of hospitals (metropolitan, regional and rural public hospitals, and private hospitals).
The 296 overseas visitors accounted for a total of 596 separate admissions, many of these the result of patients with decompression illness being admitted several times to a regional hospital hyperbaric chamber for treatment as day patients. The largest number of injuries involved the use of diving equipment. The main conditions treated were decompression illness (54.7%), fractures and dislocations (15.5%), and drowning and non-fatal submersion (14.9%). Overall, overseas visitors admitted to hospital following a water-related incident occupied 1215 bed days; 90% of these admissions were to regional hospitals.
The main reason for admission of overseas visitors is for decompression illness, suggesting that the prevention of injuries among scuba divers requires further coordinated efforts by health and tourism authorities.
确定三年间因与水相关伤害而入住昆士兰医院的海外访客数量、受伤原因、后续接受治疗的疾病状况以及他们所入住医院的类型。
对1995/96、1996/97和1997/98这三个财政年度入住昆士兰医院的海外访客进行回顾性分析。
296名因与水相关伤害而入院的海外访客，通过医院记录按其通常居住地确定。
不同类型医院（都市、地区和农村公立医院以及私立医院）的入院人数、受伤原因、治疗的疾病状况以及这些患者占用的床日数。
296名海外访客共计596次单独入院，其中许多是减压病患者作为日间患者多次入住地区医院高压氧舱治疗的结果。受伤人数最多的是使用潜水设备。主要治疗的疾病状况为减压病（54.7%）、骨折和脱位（15.5%）以及溺水和非致命性浸没（14.9%）。总体而言，因与水相关事件入院的海外访客占用了1215个床日；其中90%的入院患者入住地区医院。
海外访客入院的主要原因是减压病，这表明潜水员伤害的预防需要卫生和旅游部门进一步协同努力。
