FIELD APPLICATION AND RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT OF THE ABREVIATED INJURY SCALE

THE ABREVIATED INJURY SCALE (AIS) HAS BEEN WIDELY USED; THE EXPERIENCE AND PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN USE OF THE AIS ARE REVIEWED. AN EXTENDED AND REVISED AIS HAS BEEN DEVELOPED. VALIDATION STUDIES REVEALED BETTER THAN 80% ACCCURACY BY MULTIPLE USERS. THE COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH INJURY SCALE (CRIS) HAS BEEN COMPLETED FOR ALL MAJOR MEDICAL SPECIALITIES. THE CRIS SEPARATES THE VARIOUS CRITERIA (ENERGY DISSIPATION-ED, THREAT TO LIFE-TL, PERMANENT IMPAIRMENT-PI, TREATMENT PERIOD- TP, INCIDENCE-IN) USED WITH VARIABLE QUANTITIES AND FREQUENCIES IN THE AIS. THE CRIS IDENTIFIES AND QUANTITATES EACH SCALING CRITERIA PERMITTING MORE MEANINGFUL AND DETAILED APPLICATION OF THE AIS. /SAE/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 80, No 1, P 149
• Authors:
  • STATES, J D
  • Fenner, H A
  • Flamboe, E E
  • Nelson, W D
  • Hames, L N
• Publication Date: 1972-1

Media Info

• Serial:
  • SAE Journal of Automotive Engineering
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Injuries; Medicine
• Uncontrolled Terms: Scaling
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221545
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 7 1972 12:00AM