| ABC | Assessment of Blood Consumption |
| ADAC | Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobilclub; General German Automobile Club |
| DGU | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Unfallchirurgie German Trauma Society |
| EMS | Emergency Medical Service |
| ETS | Emergency Transfusion Score |
| FAST | Focused Assessment Sonography for Trauma |
| Hb (g/dL) | Haemoglobin |
| HEMS | Helicopter Emergency Medical Service |
| HR | Heart rate |
| MASH | Military Acute Severe Haemorrhage |
| MOI | Mechanism of injury |
| mTICCS | Modified Trauma-Induced Coagulopathy Clinical Score |
| NACA | National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics |
| PWH | Prince of Wales Hospital |
| RABT | Revised Assessment of Bleeding and Transfusion |
| rSIG RR |
Reversed shock Index × GCS Respiratory rate |
| SBP | Systolic blood pressure |
| SI | Shock index |
| TASH | Trauma-Associated Severe Haemorrhage |