Accuracy of trauma triage in patients transported by helicopter

Air Medical Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 168-170

  Wuerz, Richard ^a   Taylor, Jerry ^b   Smith, J Stanley ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency Medical Services; Helicopter; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AIR AMBULANCES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030267720     PISSN: 1067991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1067-991X(96)90025-5     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Speicher CE. The right test. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 1993:1-12.
2. Kane G, Engelhardt R, Celentano J, et al. Empirical development and evaluation of prehospi tal trauma triage instruments. J Trauma 1985;25:482-9.
3. Rhodes M, Perline R, Aronson J, et al. Field triage for on-scene helicopter transport. J Trauma 1986;6:963-9.
4. Champion HR, Sacco WJ, Copes WS, et al. A revision of the trauma score. J Trauma 1989;29:623-9.
5. Lett RR, Hanley JA, Smith JS. The comparison of injury severity instrument performance using likelihood ratio and ROC curve analysis. J Trauma 1995;38:142-8.
6. Cooper ME, Yarbrough DR, Zone-Smith L, et al. Application of field triage guidelines by pre-hospital personnel: Is mechanism of injury a valid guideline for patient triage? Am Surg 1995;61:363-7.
7. Zechnich AD, Hedges JR, Spackman K, et al. Applying the trauma triage rule to blunt trauma patients. Acad Emerg Med 1995;2:1043-52.
8. Baxt WG, Upenieks V. The lack of full correlation between the Injury Severity Score and the resource needs of injured patients. Ann Emerg Med 1990;19:1396-400.