Effects of easing shelter-in-place restrictions and the lingering COVID-19 pandemic on orthopaedic trauma at a community level 2 trauma center.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Evaluate the effect of easing "shelter-in-place" restrictions and coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) cases on orthopaedic trauma encounters (OTEs) at a community level II trauma center.

Methods

A retrospective analysis was conducted of OTEs from March-June of 2016 to 2020. Injuries were classified by high or low severity. Admission and surgical intervention rates were also compared year to year. Data were statistically analyzed and compared with external data for traffic counts near the hospital and COVID-19 cases in Michigan as well as a timeline for enacting and easing of shelter-in-place orders in the state of Michigan.

Results

There was no difference in the number of OTEs May to June, 2020 compared with the average of those same months 2016 to 2019. March to J

SUBMITTER: Best J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8568387 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature