From: Variation of in-hospital trauma team staffing: new resuscitation, new team
Mechanism | |
 Motor vehicle accident | •Speed over 80 km/h •Ejection/roll over/trapped •Unrestrained/fatality |
 Motor bicycle | •Any with speed >30 km/h |
 Pedestrian/cyclist | •Struck by car or motorcycle/any speed |
 Fall | •Adult >3 m and/or 5 stairs •Elderly on anti-coagulant therapy •Motor bikes/cycle/water ski |
 Horse | •Any horse-related injury |
 Assaults | •Shooting •Stabbing •Focal blunt head trauma with GCS <13 |
 Multiple casualties | •With significant injuries |
 Other | •Explosion •Hanging •Submersion |
Injuries | |
 | •Potential airway obstruction/respiratory distress •Penetrating injury to the head/neck/chest/abdomen/pelvis/back/limbs •Paralysis (spinal cord injury) •Burns >10% BSA |
Signs | |
 | •Respiratory rate <10 or >30 •Heart rate <40 or >120 •Arterial pressure <90 systolic at any stage •Capillary return >2 s •GCS <14 |
Treatment | |
 | •Multi-trauma transferred from other hospital within 24 h of injury •Intubation or assisted ventilation •>2 liter of fluid resuscitation |