SPECIAL TRAINING IN INJURY CODING

This report presents the background concerning and discusses the training materials developed under this contract in support of the National Accident Sampling System (NASS). Materials developed are aimed at improving the quality of injury coding by NASS investigators. The injury coding process is conceptually divided into five major substantive tasks and one appreciative task. Course materials were developed for tasks one through three. The instruction takes the investigator from encountering injury data in its natural context to being able to list encoded descriptions of injury in accordance with the Occupant Injury Classification (OIC) system and Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) protocols on the appropriate NASS forms.

• Corporate Authors:

  Indiana University, Bloomington

  Institute for Research in Public Safety
  Bloomington, IN  United States  47401

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Drahos, R W
• Publication Date: 1981-6-3

Media Info

• Features: Appendices;
• Pagination: 38 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Classification; Coding systems; Crash investigation; Data analysis; Injuries; Mathematical analysis; Specialized training; Traffic crashes; Training; Training devices
• Identifier Terms: National Accident Sampling System
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Old TRIS Terms: Coding
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Education and Training; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I10: Economics and Administration; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00364987
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt., HS-806 060
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-8-02010
• Files: HSL, NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 28 1982 12:00AM