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Trauma Score

Purpose: To use the Trauma Score for rapid triaging of trauma patients.

Description

The Trauma Score assesses key physiologic parameters after injury to help in the triaging of patients.


Parameters:

(1) respiratory rate

(2) respiratory expansion

(3) systolic blood pressure

(4) capillary return

(5) Glasgow Coma Score (GCS)

 

Parameter

Finding

Points

respiratory rate

>= 36 per minute

2

 

25-35 per minute

3

 

10-24 per minute

4

 

0-9 per minute

1

 

absent

0

respiratory expansion

normal

1

 

shallow

0

 

retractive

0

systolic blood pressure

>= 90 mm Hg

4

 

70-89 mm Hg

3

 

50-69 mm Hg

2

 

0-49 mm Hg

1

 

absent pulse

0

capillary return

normal

2

 

delayed

1

 

none

0

Glasgow Coma Score

14-15

5

 

11-13

4

 

8-10

3

 

5-7

2

 

3-4

1

 

trauma score =

= (points for respiratory rate) + (points for respiratory expansion) + (points for systolic blood pressure) + (points for capillary return) + (points for Glasgow coma score)

 

Interpretation:

• maximum score is 16

• minimum score is 1

 

Trauma Score

Probability of Survival

16

0.99

15

0.98

14

0.95

13

0.91

12

0.83

11

0.71

10

0.55

9

0.37

8

0.22

7

0.12

6

0.07

5

0.04

4

0.02

3

0.01

2

0

1

0

 


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Specialty

Objective

ICD-10