Orthopedics nursing patients' profile of a public hospital in Salvador-Bahia.

Objectives: To describe the profile of patients treated in the trauma and orthopedics nursing of a trauma care referral public hospital of in the state of Bahia.

Methods: Cross-sectional study in which data were collected from medical records of patients in the period from July to December 2008.

Results: The profile of the patients involved was formed by subjects mostly male young subjects, victims of trauma from accidents, especially those with motorcycles or car runover.