Table 2.

ATR inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusions

Injury severity score (ISS) >12 (based on AIS 2005 Update 2008)    OR Death following injury.

Exclusions

Patients with delayed admissions greater than 7 days after injury Poisoning or drug ingestion that does not cause injury Foreign bodies that do not cause injury Injuries secondary to medical procedures Isolated neck of femur fracture Pathology directly resulting in isolated injury Elderly (≥65 years of age) patients who die with superficial injury only (contusions, abrasions or lacerations) and/or have co‐existing disease that precipitates injury or is precipitant to death (e.g. stroke, renal failure and heart failure malignancy).

AIS, Abbreviated Injury Score; ATR, Australian Trauma Registry; ISS, injury severity score.