Table 1.
Changes in Trauma Variables Before and After COVID-19.
| Topic | Data | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISS score | Average | Median | Standard deviation | N | P-value | ||
| Pre-COVID | 10.51 | 9 | 9.00 | 3032 | .2018 | ||
| COVID | 10.18 | 9 | 7.23 | 464 | |||
| Injury type | Blunt | Burn | Penetrating | Other | Total | P-value | |
| Pre-COVID | 2531 (83.5%) | 9 (.3%) | 473 (15.6%) | 19 (.62%) | 3032 | .3504 | |
| COVID | 409 (84.7%) | 1 (.21%) | 73 (15.1) | 0 (0%) | 483 | ||
| Blunt vs. MVC | MVC | Other blunt | Total | P-value | |||
| Pre-COVID | 921 (36.39%) | 1610 (63.61%) | 2531 | .009704 | |||
| COVID | 119 (29.60%) | 282 (70.40%) | 402 | ||||
| Alcohol involvement | Yes | No | Total | P-value | |||
| Pre-COVID | 475 | 2545 | 3020 | 2.26 × 10−07 | |||
| COVID | 122 | 358 | 480 | ||||
| Average length of stay | Mean | Median | Standard deviation | N | P-value | ||
| Pre-COVID | 3.87 | 2 | 6.04 | 3033 | 8.488 × 10−06 | ||
| COVID | 5.39 | 2 | 9.58 | 574 | |||
Abbrevations: ISS, injury severity score; MVC, motor vehicle collision.