Monitoring progress in major trauma care using TRISS

Arch Emerg Med. 1990 Sep;7(3):169-71. doi: 10.1136/emj.7.3.169.

Abstract

We report on the outcome of major trauma patients brought to the Kent and Canterbury Hospital in 1989 and compare it with 1987. There is an improvement which followed changes in the management of serious injuries.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Emergency Service, Hospital*
  • England
  • Humans
  • Injury Severity Score
  • Middle Aged
  • Time Factors
  • Trauma Severity Indices*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Wounds and Injuries / mortality
  • Wounds and Injuries / therapy*