TABLE 1.
Aggregate Trauma Volume
| Total Volume | By Center | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | COVID | p | Baseline | COVID | p | |
| Total contacts | 1,328 | 1,058 | 244 (138–272) | 190 (89–238) | 0.036 | |
| Alerts | 387 (29.1) | 365 (34.5) | 0.006 | 42 (9–96) | 37 (10–103) | 0.674 |
| Penetrating | 233 (17.5) | 251 (23.7) | <0.001 | 37 (11–59) | 35 (12–65) | 0.419 |
| Animal bites | 10 (0.8) | 4 (0.4) | 0.357 | 1 (1–3) | 1 (0–1) | 0.362 |
| N-A trauma | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Trauma bay intubation | 55 (4.1) | 57 (5.4) | 0.183 | 9 (3–15) | 11 (6–13) | 0.396 |
| Transfused patients | 86 (6.5) | 69 (6.5) | 1 | 15 (5–22) | 10 (4–16) | 0.584 |
| ED LOS (minutes) | — | — | — | 206 (176–241) | 190 (149–238) | 0.313 |
| Adult only | ||||||
| Total contacts | 1,111 | 939 | 269 (254–293) | 232 (205–262) | 0.125 | |
| Alerts | 383 (34.5) | 359 (38.2) | 0.086 | 83 (50–129) | 86 (44–132) | 0.625 |
| Penetrating | 225 (20.3) | 241 (25.7) | 0.004 | 57 (44–69) | 58 (38–80) | 0.625 |
| Animal bites | 6 (0.5) | 2 (0.2) | 0.302 | 1 (1–2) | 1 (0–1) | 0.371 |
| N-A trauma | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pediatric only | ||||||
| Total contacts | 217 | 119 | 108 (108–109) | 60 (57–62) | 0.500 | |
| Alerts | 4 (1.8) | 6 (5.0) | 0.189 | 2 (2–3) | 3 (2–4) | 1 |
| Penetrating | 8 (3.7) | 10 (8.4) | 0.113 | 4 (3–6) | 5 (4–6) | 1 |
| Animal Bites | 4 (1.8) | 2 (1.7) | 1 | 2 (1–3) | 1 (1–2) | 1 |
| N-A Trauma | 29 (13.4) | 21 (17.6) | 0.371 | 15 (12–17) | 11 (6–15) | 0.500 |
Total volume represents all trauma patients managed from 1/1 to 4/19 in the contributing centers combined. Numbers shown as n (%) or median (IQR). Adult only represents n = 4 centers; pediatric only includes n = 2 centers. ED LOS is calculated for patients admitted from the trauma bay to the ICU. N-A Trauma, nonaccidental trauma.