Abbreviated Injury Scale and Injury Severity Score: a scoring chart

J Trauma. 1985 Jan;25(1):60-4. doi: 10.1097/00005373-198501000-00010.

Abstract

The Abbreviated Injury Scale and the Injury Severity Score are important tools for grading the severity of injury to trauma patients. The Trauma Chart provided is a simple and concise guide for scoring and recording this useful information. The chart is useful in both a large wall-mounted form and in the reduced two-page form included in this article.

MeSH terms

  • Accidents, Traffic*
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Wounds and Injuries / classification*
  • Wounds and Injuries / mortality