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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 4 –

Overtriage without associated mortality benefit.

N Emergency
intervention
Early
mortality*
TTM 14,430 41.73% 8.04%
No TTM 59,388 5.90% 0.045%
NEI-6 9525 N/A 12.04%
No NEI-6 64,293 N/A 0.44%
NFTI 15,402 48.73% 7.38%
No NFTI 58,416 3.46% 0.50%
STAT 21,539 38.10% 5.93%
No STAT 50,279 2.62% 0.30%

STAT = secondary triage assessment tool; NFTI = need for trauma intervention; TTM = trauma triage matrix.

*

Excluded NFTI criteria of mortality within 60 h.