Is mechanism of injury alone in the prehospital setting a predictor of major trauma – a review of the literature
Open Access
- 26 November 2007
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Trauma Management & Outcomes
- Vol. 1 (1) , 4
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1752-2897-1-4
Abstract
The literature identifying mechanism of injury came to prominence in the mid to late 1980s. The current Victorian prehospital triage guidelines do not necessarily reflect the conditions within the Victorian population as the triage guidelines are based on studies undertaken and validated in the U.S.A. The objective of this study was to identify the mechanism of injury alone literature and the predictability of the mechanism criteria.Keywords
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