Open AccessFrench pre-hospital trauma triage criteria: Does the “pre-hospital resuscitation” criterion provide additional benefit in triage?
Author(s) -
E. Hornez,
Olga Maurin,
Aurélie Mayet,
T. Monchal,
Federico Gonzalez,
Delphine Kerebel
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
world journal of critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2220-3141
DOI - 10.5492/wjccm.v3.i3.68
Subject(s) - medicine , triage , resuscitation , polytrauma , emergency medicine , injury severity score , prospective cohort study , emergency department , trauma center , univariate analysis , retrospective cohort study , poison control , injury prevention , multivariate analysis , psychiatry
To evaluate the performance of the specific French Vittel "Pre-Hospital (PH) resuscitation" criteria in selecting polytrauma patients during the pre-hospital stage and its potential to increase the positive predictive value (PPV) of pre-hospital trauma triage.