From the Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical Faculty, Ahi Evran University, Kirsehir, Turkey.
From the Department of Emergency Medicine, Sehit Sait Erturk State Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Ann Saudi Med. 2020 May-Jun;40(3):219-226. doi: 10.5144/0256-4947.2020.219. Epub 2020 Jun 4.
The Feast of Sacrifice is a significant annual religious festival in Muslim countries. In these festivals, thousands of animals are usually sacrificed by inexperienced individuals. Thus, many injuries occur during sacrificing of animals.
Describe injuries related to animal sacrifice or meat processing.
Cross-sectional descriptive study.
Three hospitals in different cities of Turkey.
Severity and type of injuries that occur during animal sacrifice or meat processing after the sacrifice and hospital costs.
Identification and classification of sacrifice related injuries.
301 injured individuals.
The mean age of the patients was 42.5 (14.8) years and 83.1% of the subjects were male. Most (90.0%) injuries were penetrating injuries and 10.0% were blunt traumas. Upper and lower extremity injuries were identified in 77.4% and 17.9% of cases, respectively. Almost half of the injuries were on the left hand (49.8%). Almost all (96.6%) cases were treated and discharged from emergency services. Median hospital cost per patient was 103.14 Turkish Liras (35.95-852.66 Turkish Liras) (19.53 USD [6.80-161.48 USD]).
Even though injuries related to animal sacrifice are usually caused by minor sharp objects, they can be severe and life threatening on rare occasions. To minimize the injuries that may occur during this period, public education and more convenient sacrifice centers may be helpful.
Small sample, single country, and short duration of the study.
None.
宰牲节是穆斯林国家的一个重要年度宗教节日。在这些节日中，通常会由缺乏经验的个人宰杀数千只动物。因此，在宰杀动物的过程中会发生许多伤害。
描述与动物祭祀或肉类加工相关的伤害。
横断面描述性研究。
土耳其三个不同城市的三家医院。
描述在动物祭祀或祭祀后进行肉类加工过程中发生的伤害的严重程度和类型，以及医院的费用。
确定和分类与祭祀相关的伤害。
301 名受伤个体。
患者的平均年龄为 42.5（14.8）岁，90.0%的患者为男性。大多数（90.0%）伤害为穿透性损伤，10.0%为钝性创伤。上肢和下肢损伤分别占 77.4%和 17.9%。几乎一半的损伤位于左手（49.8%）。几乎所有（96.6%）的病例都在急诊服务中得到治疗并出院。每位患者的平均住院费用为 103.14 土耳其里拉（35.95-852.66 土耳其里拉）（19.53 美元[6.80-161.48 美元]）。
即使与动物祭祀相关的伤害通常是由小而锋利的物体引起的，但在极少数情况下也可能很严重且危及生命。为了最大限度地减少在此期间可能发生的伤害，可以进行公众教育并建立更方便的祭祀中心。
样本量小、单一国家、研究时间短。
无。
