Table 2. Characteristics of Patient Injury and Initial Assessment in the Emergency Department.
| Variable | All SDH | Evacuated | Not Evacuated |
|---|---|---|---|
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| (n = 1,427) | (n = 248) | (n = 1,179) | |
| Mechanism of injury, n (%)*† | |||
| Fall | 773 (57) | 159 (67) | 614 (55) |
| Motor vehicle crash | 378 (28) | 45 (19) | 333 (30) |
| Assault | 112 (8) | 16 (7) | 96 (8) |
| Bicycle Crash | 36 (3) | 5 (2) | 31 (3) |
| Other | 60 (4) | 11 (5) | 49 (4) |
| Referred from outside facility, (%)‡ | |||
| Yes | 904 (63) | 179 (78) | 725 (61) |
| No | 523 (37) | 69 (28) | 454 (38) |
| GCS score in emergency department, n (%)*§ | |||
| Mild (13–15) | 773 (58) | 110 (49) | 663 (60) |
| Moderate (9–12) | 89 (7) | 21 (9) | 68 (6) |
| Severe (6–8) | 80 (6) | 18 (8) | 62 (6) |
| Very severe (3–5) | 386 (29) | 77 (34) | 309 (28) |
| Acute injury scale–total | |||
| Mean (SD) | 7.7 (3.2) | 7.4 (2.6) | 7.7 (3.3) |
| Acute injury scale–Head and Neck, n (%)‖ | |||
| Serious (3) | 6 (<1) | 0 (0) | 6 (<1) |
| Severe (4) | 668 (47) | 3 (1) | 665 (56) |
| Critical (5) | 746 (52) | 244 (98) | 502 (43) |
| Fatal (6) | 7 (<1) | 1 (1) | 6 (<1) |
| ISS | |||
| Mean (SD) | 27.5 | 29.8 | 27 |
| Range | 10–75 | 17–75 | 10–75 |
| 10–18 | 405 (28) | 2 (<1) | 403 (34) |
| 19–32 | 681 (48) | 188 (76) | 493 (42) |
| 33–74 | 330 (23) | 57 (23) | 273 (23) |
| 75 | 11 (1) | 1 (<1) | 10 (1) |
| TRISS* | 0.902 | 0.854 | 0.909 |
*
Missing values: mechanism of injury (98), 13 evacuated, 84 not evacuated; GCS score (99), 22 evacuated, 77 not evacuated; TRISS (574), 115 evacuated, 459 not evacuated.
†
p < 0.01.
‡
p < 0.002.
§
p = 0.01.
‖
p < 0.001.