Trauma Team Activation Criteria type 2 |
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Trauma Team Activation is triggered if the answer is yes to any of the following |
Anatomical criteria |
Penetrating lesions |
Flail chest |
Fracture to more than two long tubular bones or suspected pelvic fracture |
Suspicion of fracture to the spine |
Amputation proximal to wrist or ankle |
Suspected internal hemorrhage |
Burns (children > 10%, adults > 15%) |
Physiological criteria |
Change in respiration (dyspnea, tachypnea, bradypnea) |
Hypotension < 90 mmHg |
Change in mental status (GCS < 13) |
Mechanism |
Traffic accident with deformity of vehicle |
Patient ejected from vehicle |
Death in same vehicle |
Motorcycle / bike / moped crash > 30 km/h |
Auto vs. pedestrian |
Fall from more than 4 m |
Child fall from more than 3 x own height |
Drowning or hypothermia (< 32 degrees C) |