Date of Presentation
5-6-2021 12:00 AM
College
School of Osteopathic Medicine
Poster Abstract
25% of all traumatic deaths are related to blunt chest trauma and another 50% have in-hospital morbidity and mortality. Recognizing patients with high risk of mortality is just as important as recognizing the immediate severely injured patients. Atlanticare Regional Trauma Center developed a scoring system in an attempt to properly assign these patients to an appropriate level of care. The system was developed based on a literature review but has not yet been studied to review its effectiveness in improving outcomes in chest trauma patients. Therefore, the scoring system is used as a guideline and not an official document in the patients’ chart. The aim of this study is to examine outcomes in patients suffering blunt chest trauma and to determine if this scoring system has any significant impact.
Keywords
blunt trauma, wounds, nonpenetrating, chest trauma, diagnosis, guidelines
Disciplines
Diagnosis | Emergency Medicine | Health and Medical Administration | Medicine and Health Sciences | Quality Improvement | Trauma
Document Type
Poster
Included in
Diagnosis Commons, Emergency Medicine Commons, Quality Improvement Commons, Trauma Commons
Assigning Level of Care in Blunt Chest Trauma Patients: Applying Objective Scoring Systems
25% of all traumatic deaths are related to blunt chest trauma and another 50% have in-hospital morbidity and mortality. Recognizing patients with high risk of mortality is just as important as recognizing the immediate severely injured patients. Atlanticare Regional Trauma Center developed a scoring system in an attempt to properly assign these patients to an appropriate level of care. The system was developed based on a literature review but has not yet been studied to review its effectiveness in improving outcomes in chest trauma patients. Therefore, the scoring system is used as a guideline and not an official document in the patients’ chart. The aim of this study is to examine outcomes in patients suffering blunt chest trauma and to determine if this scoring system has any significant impact.