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Table 2 Clinical descriptions used to infer RTS categories for GCS, RR, and SBP

From: A retrospective quality assessment of pre-hospital emergency medical documentation in motor vehicle accidents in south-eastern Norway

 

Glasgow Coma Scale

Respiratory rate

Systolic Blood Pressure

RTS Category

Exact values

Clinical descriptions used to infer RTS

Exact values

Clinical descriptions used to infer RTS

Exact values

Clinical descriptions used to infer RTS

4

13-15

Awake Oriented Fully conscious

10-29

Normal, unaffected

>89

Good radial pulse

3

9-12

Confused, Somnolent Disoriented, Abnormal reflex movement

>29

Fast hyperventilation

76-89

-

2

6-8

-

6-9

Slow, insufficient

50-75

-

1

4-5

-

1-5

-

1-49

-

0

3

Deeply unconscious Unawake, no motor response, no speech

0

No respiration

0

No palpable pulse No carotic pulse No circulation Flat ECG curve

  1. Empty cells: No clinical descriptions were considered adequate to reasonably infer these values of RTS categories