Mason Charles Sifford, R Dailey, R Reif, M Hutchison, C Mason, K Kimbrough, B Davis, A Bhavaraju, H K Jensen, R Robertson, J Taylor, W C Beck, Kevin Sexton
BACKGROUND: The precision of emergency medical services (EMS) triage criteria dictates whether an injured patient receives appropriate care. The trauma triage protocol is a decision scheme that groups patients into triage categories of major, moderate and minor. We hypothesized that there is a difference between trauma triage category and injury severity score (ISS). METHODS: This retrospective, observational study was conducted to investigate a difference between trauma triage category and ISS...
February 7, 2022: Journal of Injury & Violence Research