Objective: This study included patients who applied to the ED of Gaziantep University hospital with injuries that occurred during the sacrifice in first day of the Feast of Sacrifice of 2017.
Methods: 47 patients applied to our emergency department due to the injuries that occurred during animal slaughter and meat processing on the first day of in total of nine-day feast in 2017.
Results: 25.5% of these patients were female (n=12) while 74.5% were male (n=35). The average ages were 37.7 ± 12.5 for male patients, 40.3 ± 12.6 for female patients and the average age in general was 38,05 ± 12,35. None (except for one (2.12%) of the accident victims profession was animal slaughter and all of the injuries were in form of self-injury. There was tendon laceration in 10.6% (n=5) of the patients and skin and subcutaneous laceration in 42 patients (89.3%). Cephalic vein laceration was detected in only one patient (2,12%) as arteriovenous injury. In one patient (2,12%) the digital nerve was partially lacerated. Five of the patients (10.6%) were admitted to the hospital and the others were discharged after their treatment in emergency department. No permanent disability or loss of function was observed in all of the patients after one month's follow-up.
Conclusion: The injuries that may be encountered during sacrifice are preventable injuries Accidental injuries caused by application of the sacrifice will be minimized when its performed by professionals.
Key words: Feast of Sacrifice, Laceration, Extremity Laceration, Tendon Laceration, Emergency Medicine
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