Background The proportion of older adults with major trauma is increasing. High-quality care
for this population requires accurate and effective prehospital trauma triage decisions …

Caring for older people is an important part of prehospital practice, including appropriate
triage and transportation decisions. However, prehospital triage criteria are designed to …

BACKGROUND Comorbid conditions and anticoagulants have been considered as field
triage criteria to raise the sensitivity for identifying seriously injured older adults, but research …

Introduction This study aims to assess the sensitivity and specificity of a 5-step prehospital
trauma triage protocol to identify older adults who require urgent and specialized trauma …

Background Pre-hospital identification of major trauma in elderly patients is key for delivery
of optimal care, however triage of this group is challenging. Elderly-specific triage criteria …

BACKGROUND Older adults with major trauma are frequently undertriaged, increasing the
risk of preventable morbidity and mortality. The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate …

Background and objective There is increasing recognition of the importance of prehospital
trauma care for older patients, but little systematic research to guide practice. We aimed to …

Abstract Purpose of Review This review focuses on triage decisions and early decision-
making in the management of the acutely injured elderly patient. Recent Findings The …

In this commentary article, we describe the impact that an ageing population is having on the
nature of major trauma seen in emergency departments. The proportion of major trauma …

Population estimates projects a significant increase in the geriatric population making
elderly trauma patients more common. The geriatric trauma patients experience higher …