Assessment of Ohio's adult and pediatric legislatively mandated prehospital trauma triage criteria

Assessment of Ohio's adult and pediatric legislatively mandated prehospital trauma triage criteria

The study objective was to validate prehospital indicators mandated by the Ohio legislature. The design was a retrospective case review using adult and pediatric tools developed to assess prehospital documentation of anatomic and physiologic indicators of significant trauma. There were 400 adult rec...

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Published in:Journal of trauma nursing Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 144 - 151
Main Authors: Hayes, John R, Bechtel, Nancie M, Beck, Rosemary A, Giambri, Roxanna L, Kable, Renae, Owens, Kathy J, Quinn, Karen A, Rhoades, Peggy J, Stobbe, Benjamin B
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Society of Trauma Nurses 01-07-2007
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Child
Child, Preschool
Emergency Medical Services - legislation & jurisprudence
Emergency Medical Services - methods
Female
Glasgow Coma Scale
Humans
Infant
Male
Middle Aged
Nursing
Ohio - epidemiology
Prognosis
Retrospective Studies
ROC Curve
Trauma Centers
Treatment Outcome
Triage - legislation & jurisprudence
Triage - methods
Wounds and Injuries - diagnosis
Wounds and Injuries - mortality
Wounds and Injuries - therapy
Ohio
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Summary:The study objective was to validate prehospital indicators mandated by the Ohio legislature. The design was a retrospective case review using adult and pediatric tools developed to assess prehospital documentation of anatomic and physiologic indicators of significant trauma. There were 400 adult records with Glasgow Coma Score, the most frequently cited (23.5%). Fifty-four percent of the adult cases had at least 1 item checked. There were 104 pediatric cases reviewed, where 49% of the cases had at least 1 indicator checked. The mandated trauma indicators appear to be valid measures for use in trauma research.
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ISSN:1078-7496
1932-3883
DOI:10.1097/01.JTN.0000292115.88270.8c