Table 5.
Potentially severely injured patients admitted with trauma team activation and with one or more criteria applied in the mechanism-of-injury group, and no criteria applied in vital-functions or extent-of-injury group, n = 132
| Criterion | Criterion applied to the patient (no. of patients) | Criterion applied to a severely injured patient (ISS>15), (no. of patients) | Criterion applied to a patient receiving an emergency procedure (no. of patients) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanism of injury | 19. Ejected from vehicle | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20. Co passenger dead | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21. Trapped in wreck | 6 | 2 (33%) | 4 (67%) | |
| 22. Pedestrian or cyclist hit by motor vehicle | 17 | 3 (18%) | 2 (12%) | |
| 23. Motorcycle accident | 14 | 0 | 1 (7%) | |
| 24. Considerable deformation of vehicle passenger compartment | 41 | 2 (5%) | 3 (7%) | |
| 25. Traffic accident with speed>60 km/h | 67 | 3 (4%) | 6 (9%) | |
| 26. Fall from >5 m | 7 | 3 (43%) | 3 (43%) | |
| 27. Avalanche accident | 4 | 1 (25%) | 0 | |
ISS: Injury Severity Score, ISS > 15: Severely injured patient, GCS: Glasgow Coma Score
Emergency procedure: endotracheal intubation, chest tube insertion, hemostatic surgery in the abdomen or pelvis, thoracotomy or fracture stabilization. Each patient may have more than one criterion applied.