Arthur Cooper

TL;DR: These validated prediction rules identified children at very low risk of clinically-important traumatic brain injuries (ciTBI) for whom CT might be unnecessary and missed neurosurgery in validation populations.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the dissemination and impact of the 2006 Guidelines for field triage of injured patients; outlines the methodology used by the Panel for its 2011 review; explains the revisions and modifications to the physiologic, anatomic, mechanism-of-injury, and special considerations criteria; and provides the rationale used by Panel for these changes.

TL;DR: This report describes the process and rationale used by the Expert Panel on Field Triage to revise the Decision Scheme, an algorithm that guides EMS providers through four decision steps to determine the most appropriate destination facility within the local trauma care system.

TL;DR: A prediction rule consisting of 7 patient history and physical examination findings, and without laboratory or ultrasonographic information, identifies children with blunt torso trauma who are at very low risk for intra-abdominal injury undergoing acute intervention.

TL;DR: The pleural space, lung, and ribs were the most frequently damaged thoracic organs; with the exception of lung contusion, injuries to these structures were associated with fatality rates in excess of 50%.