Classification of alcohol-related presentations
| Total n (%) | |
| Total alcohol-related ED presentations | 189 (100) |
| 1. Direct Injuries | 109 (57.7) |
| a. Unintentional injuries, including road traffic injuries, drowning, burns, poisoning and falls | 88 (46.6) |
| b. Intentional injuries, which result from deliberate acts of violence against oneself or others | 21 (11.1) |
| 2. Intoxication | 143 (75.7) |
| a. Alcohol involvement (blood alcohol concentration) as determined by breathalyser | 4 (2.1) |
| b. Clinical intoxication: reasonable suspicion of any caring health professional (includes triage nurse if not yet seen by a doctor) that a patient is affected by recent alcohol consumption | 132 (69.8) |
| c. Intoxication, but unrelated to clinical presentation | 7 (3.7) |
| 3. Medical condition as the result of the harmful use of alcohol (ICD-10 code) | 65 (34.3) |
| G31.2 Degeneration of nervous system due to alcohol | 2 (1.1) |
| I42.6 Alcoholic cardiomyopathy | 1 (0.5) |
| K29.2 Alcoholic gastritis | 11 (5.8) |
| K70 Alcoholic liver disease | 3 (1.6) |
| F10.2 Alcohol dependence syndrome | 10 (5.3) |
| F10.3 Alcohol withdrawal state | 10 (5.3) |
| Other medical conditions that the treating physician believes are attributable to or exacerbated by alcohol (eg, Wernicke’s encephalopathy, Korsakoff’s dementia, cirrhosis, alcoholic hepatitis, hepatic encephalopathy, Barrett’s oesophagus/Mallory–Weiss syndrome/peptic ulcer/chronic diarrhoea, infection) | 28 (14.8) |
| 4. Mental health | 56 (29.6) |
| a. Mental health presentations due to alcohol intoxication | 15 (7.9) |
| b. Mental health presentations due to harmful use of alcohol | 15 (7.9) |
| c. Overdose involving alcohol alone or as a coingestant | 26 (13.8) |
| 5. Social problems | 49 (25.9) |
| Z72.1 Problems of lifestyle: alcohol use | 49 (25.9) |
| 6. Indirect injuries | 22 (11.6) |
| Intentional or unintentional injuries caused by a third party affected by alcohol | 22 (11.6) |