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Characteristics related to trauma team activation on the basis of information obtained from the 700 pre-notification phone calls. |
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| no. of cases/all cases |
percentage of cases |
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| Trauma team activated |
389/637 |
61% |
| Reason for trauma team activation recorded |
255/389 |
66% |
| Reason – abnormal vital signs or level of consciousness |
29/255 |
11% |
| Reason – mechanism of injury |
191/255 |
75% |
| Reason – EMS doctor escorting the patient (no abnormal vital signs or level of consciousness) |
35/255 |
14% |
| Personnel judging trauma team activation recorded |
469/700 |
67% |
| Judgment of activation – trauma nurse |
288/469 |
61% |
| Judgment of activation – trauma team leader |
146/469 |
31% |
| Judgment of activation – trauma nurse and team leader in consensus |
35/469 |
7% |
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637 (91%) studied pre-notification forms contained sufficient information for the analysis. | ||
Handolin and Jääskeläinen Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2008 16:15 doi:10.1186/1757-7241-16-15 |
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