Publication: Response to road traffic injuries: a survey of Royal Thai Traffic Police in a Northeastern Province of Thailand
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2017
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eng
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1905-1387
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Mahidol University
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Department of Society and Health Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities Mahidol University
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Journal of Public Health and Development. Vol. 15, No.1 (๋Jan-Apr 2017), 101-112
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Bijaya Shrestha, Oranut Pacheun, Chaweewon Boonshuyar, Manash Shrestha Response to road traffic injuries: a survey of Royal Thai Traffic Police in a Northeastern Province of Thailand. Journal of Public Health and Development. Vol. 15, No.1 (๋Jan-Apr 2017), 101-112. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/62188
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Response to road traffic injuries: a survey of Royal Thai Traffic Police in a Northeastern Province of Thailand
Abstract
Timely and appropriate response to road traffic accidents can reduce the mortality and severe morbidity
associated with it. Traffic police are one of the first responders, and could play a vital role in pre-hospital
care of road traffic injuries (RTI).
A cross-sectional survey was conducted to assess knowledge, experience, and practice of Royal
Thai traffic police in responding to RTI, and the association between respondent characteristics and their
practice of responding to RTI. Self-administered questionnaires were employed among 123 traffic policemen
of Nakhon Ratchasima Province. Descriptive statistics and chi square tests were utilized to analyze the data.
A majority of traffic police reported dealing with RTI cases in the previous year (76%), having prior
experience of post-crash rescuing (76%) and responding within 10 minutes of being informed about accidents
(78%). There were 65 respondents (56%), who had received training on handling RTI cases and they were
more likely to respond within 10 minutes to RTI than those who had not received such training (85% versus
69%, p-value 0.04).
This study demonstrates a positive link between training on management of RTI to the traffic police
and their responding ability. Providing proper training and encouraging traffic police to respond quickly and
effectively to road traffic accidents, in coordination with emergency medical services, may help reduce the
burden of RTI in Thailand.