title: Assessment of Ohio's adult and pediatric legislatively mandated prehospital trauma triage criteria.
abstract: 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.
authors: Trauma Services, Children's Hospital, USA.
authors: John R
authors: JR
authors: Hayes
authors: Nancie M
authors: NM
authors: Bechtel
authors: Rosemary A
authors: RA
authors: Beck
authors: Roxanna L
authors: RL
authors: Giambri
authors: Renae
authors: R
authors: Kable
authors: Kathy J
authors: KJ
authors: Owens
authors: Karen A
authors: KA
authors: Quinn
authors: Peggy J
authors: PJ
authors: Rhoades
authors: Benjamin B
authors: BB
authors: Stobbe
mesh_terms: 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