THE INJURY SEVERITY SCORE: DEVELOPMENT AND POTENTIAL USEFULNESS

A method for comparing death rates of groups of injured persons was developed, using hospital and medical examiner data for more than two thousand persons. The first step was determination of the extent to which injury severity as rated by the Abbreviated Injury Scale correlates with patient survival. Substantial correlation was demonstrated. Controlling for severity of the primary injury made it possible to measure the effect on mortality of additional injuries. Injuries that in themselves would not normally be life-threatening were shown to have a marked effect on mortality when they occurred in combination with other injuries. An Injury Severity Score was developed that correlates well with survival and provides a numerical description of the overall severity of injury for patients with multiple trauma.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Study sponsored by the Maryland Medical-Legal Foundation, Incorporated.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Association for Automotive Medicine

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  Lake Bluff, IL  United States  60044

  American Association for Automotive Medicine

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• Authors:
  • Baker, S P
  • Oneill, B
  • Haddon, W J
  • Long, W B
• Conference:
  • 18th Annual Conference of the American Association for Automotive Medicine
  • Location: Toronto Ontario, Canada
  • Date: 1974-9-12 to 1974-9-14
• Publication Date: 1974

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 17 p.
• Serial:
  • Volume: 18

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash severity; Fatalities; Injuries; Medical examinations and tests; Survival
• Uncontrolled Terms: Death rate
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00081241
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-047-1-063, DOT-HS-031-2-303, DOT-FH-11-7526
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 26 1975 12:00AM