Table 1 Trauma team activation criteria at Nordland Hospital Bodø
From: Nine out of ten trauma calls to a Norwegian hospital are avoidable: a retrospective analysis
Criteria category | Criterion |
|---|---|
Mechanism of injury | Co passenger dead |
Trapping in wreck | |
Wreck deformity | |
Ejected from vehicle | |
Pedestrian thrown upon car, or through air | |
Children hit by car with speed exceeding 30 km/h | |
Fall from > 5 m | |
Motorcycle accident | |
Extent of injury | Shot or stab wounds |
Large bleeding | |
Large crush injury | |
Suspected pelvic injury | |
Two large fractures | |
Burn injury > 15% body surface | |
Burn injury with inhalational injury | |
Vital parameters | Disturbed respiration |
Tachycardia > 120 | |
Loss of consciousness | |
Hypotension |