Simple modification of trauma mechanism alarm criteria published for the TraumaNetwork DGU^® may significantly improve overtriage - a cross sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

No consensus exists in the literature on the use of uniform emergency room trauma team activation criteria (ERTTAC). Today excessive over- or undertriage rates continue to be a challenge for most trauma centres. Application of ERTTAC, published for use in the German TraumaNetwork DGU^®, at a Swiss trauma centre resulted in a high overtriage rate. The aim of the investigation was to analyse the ERTTAC in detail with the intention of possible improvement.

Methods

The investigation included consecutive adult (age > 15 years) trauma patients treated at the emergency department of a level II trauma centre from 01.01.2013-31.12.2015. All data were collected prospectively. To identify over- and undertriage, patients with an Injury Severity Score (ISS) > 15 were

SUBMITTER: Braken P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5916718 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature