Trauma triage: New York experience

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 295-302

  Henry, Mark C ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Registry; Trauma; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MORTALITY; REGISTER; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; REGISTRIES; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33745684162     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120600721669     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (7)

1. New York State Trauma Report 1994. EMS Program: New York State Department of Health, Troy, NY.
2. American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma. Optimal Resources for the Trauma Patient: 1999. Chicago, IL: American College of Surgeons, 1998.
3. Henry MC, Hollander JE, Alicandro JM, Cassara G, O'Malley S, Thode H. Incremental benefit of individual American College of Surgeons trauma triage criteria. Acad Emerg Med. 1996;3:992-1000.
4. Burstein J, Henry MC, Alicandro JM, McFadden K, Thode H, Hollander JE. Evidence for and impact of selective reporting of trauma triage mechanism criteria. Acad Emerg Med. 1996;3:1011-5.
5. New York State Trauma Report 1996-98. EMS Program: New York State Department of Health, Troy, NY.
6. Hannan EL, Farrell, LS, Cooper A, Henry M, Simon B, Simon R. Physiologic trauma triage criteria in adult trauma patients: are they effective in saving lives by transporting patients to trauma centers? J Am Coll Surg 2005;200:584-92.
7. Amended New York State Public Health Law Article 30-B. Emergency Medical, Trauma and Disaster Care. Chapter 44 of Laws of 2005, effective August 9, 2005.