Table 1.
Demographics and clinical characteristics of reviewed patients
| Demographics | |
| Age, mean±SD | 44.5±20.2 |
| Sex | |
| Female (%) | 9 (21.4) |
| Male (%) | 33 (78.6) |
| ISS, mean±SD | 38.2±14.0 |
| Head AIS score, mean±SD | 4.2±1.1 |
| GCS score, mean±SD | 3.5±1.3 |
| GCS motor score, mean±SD | 1.4±0.9 |
| Mechanism of injury (%) | |
| Fall | 6 (14.3) |
| Motor vehicle collision | 12 (28.6) |
| Pedestrian struck | 15 (35.7) |
| Motorcycle crash | 9 (21.4) |
| Airway management (%) | |
| Endotracheal intubation | 30 (71.4) |
| Bag mask ventilation | 2 (4.8) |
| Cardiac arrest location (%) | |
| On the field | 27 (64.3) |
| En route | 10 (23.8) |
| ED | 5 (11.9) |
| Arrest rhythm (%) | |
| Asystole | 16 (38.1) |
| PEA | 15 (35.7) |
| Ventricular arrhythmia | 2 (4.8) |
| Unknown | 9 (21.4) |
| Imaging findings (%) | |
| Subdural hematoma | 11 (42.3) |
| SAH | 21 (80.7) |
| Hypoxic injury | 8 (30.8) |
| Herniation | 6 (23.1) |
| Rotterdam score, mean | 2.8±1.2 |
| Neurosurgical interventions (%) | |
| Bolt | 11 (26.2) |
| EVD | 5 (11.9) |
| Decompressive craniectomy | 2 (4.8) |
| Cause of death (%) | |
| Cardiac arrest | 27 (64.3) |
| Brain death | 7 (16.7) |
AIS, Abbreviated Injury Scale; ED, emergency department; EVD, external ventricular drain; GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; ISS, Injury Severity Score; PEA, pulseless electric activity; SAH, subarachnoid hemorrhage.