1974 AMA-SAE-AAAM REVISION OF THE ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE (AIS)

Usage of the AIS since 1969 revealed a need to refine the overall AIS rating, to examine mathematical methods for determining the overall injury rating, to eliminate AIS codes based on death, to develop a body-region listing and a comprehensive alphabetized listing, and to revise and reclassify a few codings. An ad hoc committee was appointed to perform these tasks. One significant change in the AIS, dropping of the "fatal" codes, is discussed, along with several minor changes. A definition and discussion of the overall AIS is presented. The Injury Severity Score (ISS) is proposed as a possible means of computing the overall rating, but continued use of the AIS is recommended for the immediate future. A listing of the AIS by body regions is included, as well as a comprehensive alphabetized listing, developed by the American Medical Association, of injury diagnoses.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Association for Automotive Medicine

  801 Green Bay Road
  Lake Bluff, IL  United States  60044

  American Association for Automotive Medicine

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  Oak Brook, IL  United States  60523
• Authors:
  • STATES, J D
  • Heulke, D F
  • Hames, L N
• 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: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 27 p.
• Serial:
  • Volume: 18

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash severity; Fatalities; Injuries; Mathematical analysis; Ratios
• Old TRIS Terms: Scale (Ratio)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00081281
• 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