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Table 3 Injury site by Trapped Status

From: A comparison of the demographics, injury patterns and outcome data for patients injured in motor vehicle collisions who are trapped compared to those patients who are not trapped

Injury sitea

Trapped

% of all Extricationsb

Not trapped

Sig / p value:

Head AIS > = 3, n (%)

1742

(25.0%)

3.99

13,060

(23.1%)

< 0.001

Face AIS > = 3, n (%)

48

(0.7%)

0.11

307

(0.5%)

0.124

Chest AIS > = 3, n (%)

3699

(53.0%)

8.48

19,624

(34.7%)

< 0.001

Abdo AIS > = 3, n (%)

858

(12.3%)

1.97

4299

(7.6%)

< 0.001

Pelvis AIS > = 3, n (%)

738

(10.6%)

1.69

3487

(6.2%)

< 0.001

Spine AIS > = 3, n (%)

795

(11.4%)

1.82

4208

(7.4%)

< 0.001

Limb AIS > = 3, n (%)

2275

(32.6%)

5.21

16,668

(29.4%)

< 0.001

  1. aInjuries are not mutually exclusive; patients may have more than one qualifying injury
  2. bPercentage of all extrications performed during matched time period from FRS data that had these injuries