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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Oct 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Surg Res. 2020 Mar 10;251:195–201. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2019.11.011

Table 3 –

Undertriage and overtriage by triage method.

TTM ISS 0-14 ISS ≥15
 Full TTA 4195 5241 Overtriage 44.45%
 Limited or none 55,193 9189 Undertriage 14.27%
NEI-6 No NEI-6 NEI-6
 Full TTA 4079 5357 Overtriage 42.23%
 Limited or none 60,214 4168 Undertriage 6.47%
NFTI No NFTI NFTI
 Full TTA 3034 6402 Overtriage 32.15%
 Limited or none 55,382 9000 Undertriage 13.98%
STAT No STAT STAT
 Full TTA 2253 7183 Overtriage 22.88%
 Limited or none 50,026 14,356 Undertriage 22.30%

STAT = secondary triage assessment tool; NFTI = need for trauma intervention; NEI-6 = need for an emergent intervention within 6 h; TTM = trauma triage matrix; ISS = injury severity score; TTA = trauma team activation.