Table 2.

Data for trauma patients by triage group

Patient group	Trauma activations (TA)	Trauma consults from ED	Trauma resource upgraded to TA	Trauma resource admitted to trauma service	Trauma resource admitted to non-trauma service	Trauma resource discharged home
N	684	187	5	52	40	221
Mean age±SD in years	47.2±22.2	57.0±23.8	50.6±32.4	60.4±23.7*	70.8±21.9	47.4±24.7
% Male	67	58	40	62	48	62
% Falls	35	56	40	52†	82.5	44
Mean ISS±SD	10.2±8.9	9.9±4.5	15.2±7.8	9.7±5.3	NA	NA
Hospital LOS±SD in days	4.7±7.8	4.2±4.1	4.4±4.4	3.4±1.6	3.1±3.7	0
Mortality	28 (4.1%)	2 (1.1%)	0	1 (1.9%)	NA	NA
Door to MD Eval time±SD in minutes	0.4±1.4	9.4+13	1.0±2.2	11.5±15.1*	5.9±7.7	6.3±9.7
Door to CT time±SD in minutes	25.9±15.8	83.2±53.7	33.4+5.7	76.2±40.5*	65.8±33.5	66.7±32.9
Time to disposition±SD in minutes	132±74	98±59	74±31	79±24*‡	NA	NA

Door to physician Eval time is the time from arrival to ED to evaluation by a board certified ED physician or trauma surgeon

Door to CT time is the time from arrival to ED to the time CT performed.

Time to disposition is the time from trauma surgeon contact with patient until admission to Interventional Radiology, operating room, intensive care unit, step-down unit, or floor bed.

*Statistically significant difference compared with TA group, p<0.0001.

†Statistically significant difference compared with TA group, p=0.0166.

‡Statistically significant difference compared with trauma consults from ED group, p=0.0242.

ED, emergency department; ISS, Injury Severity Score; LOS, length of stay; NA, not available.