Nine out of ten trauma calls to a Norwegian hospital are avoidable: a retrospective analysis

• Published in: BMC Emergency Medicine
• Main Authors: Stordahl, Harald, Passas, Eva, Hopland, Andreas, Nielsen, Erik Waage
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central 2015
• Subjects: Trauma team activation; Overtriage; Time lapse; Healthcare resource utilization; VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750::Traumatologi: 783; VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Clinical medical disciplines: 750::Traumatology: 783; Bodø; Norway; Nordland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/8009; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-015-0026-5

Background: Our aim was to estimate the degree of overtriage (Injury Severity Score [ISS] ≤ 15) of trauma call patients in Nordland Hospital Bodø, Norway. We also determined the transportation time from injury to hospital admission. Methods: We used data from our Acute Medical Information System, am...