Assessment of Ohio's adult and pediatric legislatively mandated prehospital trauma triage criteria.
BACKGROUND
The study objective was to validate prehospital indicators mandated by the Ohio legislature.


METHODS
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.


RESULTS
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.


CONCLUSIONS
The mandated trauma indicators appear to be valid measures for use in trauma research.
Hayes
John R
JR
Trauma Services, Children's Hospital, USA.
Bechtel
Nancie M
NM
Beck
Rosemary A
RA
Giambri
Roxanna L
RL
Kable
Renae
R
Owens
Kathy J
KJ
Quinn
Karen A
KA
Rhoades
Peggy J
PJ
Stobbe
Benjamin B
BB
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009820:Ohio / Q000453:epidemiology; D011379:Prognosis; D012372:ROC Curve; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014193:Trauma Centers; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014218:Triage / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000379:methods; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy