Development and Validation of a Prediction Model for Prehospital Triage of Trauma Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Prehospital trauma triage protocols are used worldwide to get the right patient to the right hospital and thereby improve the chance of survival and avert lifelong disabilities. The American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma set target levels for undertriage rates of less than 5%. None of the existing triage protocols has been able to achieve this target in isolation.

Objective

To develop and validate a new prehospital trauma triage protocol to improve current triage rates.

Design, setting, and participants

In this multicenter cohort study, all patients with trauma who were 16 years and older and transported to a trauma center in 2 different regions of the Netherlands were included in the analysis. Data were collected from January 1, 2012, through Jun

SUBMITTER: van Rein EAJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6537785 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature