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- Title
A review of traumatic brain injury trauma center visits meeting physiologic criteria from The American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Field Triage Guidelines.
- Authors
Pearson, William S; Ovalle, Fernando, Jr; Faul, Mark; Sasser, Scott M
- Abstract
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) represents a serious subset of injuries among persons in the United States, and prehospital care of these injuries can mitigate both the morbidity and the mortality in patients who suffer from these injuries. Guidelines for triage of injured patients have been set forth by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACS-COT) in cooperation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). These guidelines include physiologic criteria, such as the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score, systolic blood pressure, and respiratory rate, which should be used in determining triage of an injured patient.
- Publication
Prehospital emergency care, 2012, Vol 16, Issue 3, p323
- ISSN
1545-0066
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.3109/10903127.2012.682701