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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's field triage guidelines (FTG) are routinely used by emergency medical services personnel for triaging injured patients. The most recent (2011) FTG contains physiologic,… Click to show full abstract
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's field triage guidelines (FTG) are routinely used by emergency medical services personnel for triaging injured patients. The most recent (2011) FTG contains physiologic, anatomic, mechanism, and special consideration steps. Our objective was to systematically review the criteria in the mechanism and special consideration steps that might be predictive of serious injury or need for a trauma center.
Keywords:
mechanism injury;
predictive serious;
injury;
injury special;
serious injury
Journal Title: Academic Emergency Medicine
Year Published: 2022
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Journal Title: Academic Emergency Medicine
Year Published: 2022
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