External validation of the Air Medical Prehospital Triage score for identifying trauma patients likely to benefit from scene helicopter transport.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Air Medical Prehospital Triage (AMPT) score was developed to identify injured patients who may benefit from scene helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) transport. External validation using a different data set is essential to ensure reliable performance. The study objective was to validate the effectiveness of the AMPT score to identify patients with a survival benefit from HEMS using the Pennsylvania Trauma Outcomes Study registry.

Methods

Patients 16 years or older undergoing scene HEMS or ground EMS (GEMS) transport in the Pennsylvania Trauma Outcomes Study registry 2000-2013 were included. Patients with 2 or higher AMPT score points were triaged to HEMS, while those with less than 2 points were triaged to GEMS. Multilevel Poisson regression determin

SUBMITTER: Brown JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5250556 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature