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

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 …

Study objective We sought to (1) define the high-risk elderly trauma patient based on
prognostic differences associated with different injury patterns and (2) derive alternative field …

BACKGROUND: Physiologic variables used in trauma triage criteria may be significantly
affected by age, decreasing their predictive value in geriatric trauma. METHODS: The study …

Study objective We evaluate the sensitivity of Ohio's 2009 emergency medical services
(EMS) geriatric trauma triage criteria compared with the previous adult triage criteria in …

BACKGROUND Because of the unique physiology and comorbidities of injured geriatric
patients, specific interventions are needed to improve outcomes. The purpose of this study …

Objectives To evaluate the effect on outcomes of the Ohio Department of Public Safety
statewide geriatric triage criteria, established in 2009 for emergency medical services (EMS) …

Objective. To evaluate the ability of out-of-hospital physiologic measures to predict serious
injury for field triage purposes among older adults and potentially reduce the undertriage of …

Introduction Elderly undertriage rates are estimated up to 55% in the United States. This
study examined risk factors for undertriage among hospitalized trauma patients in a state …

Objectives The objective was to identify factors associated with transport of injured older
adults meeting statewide geriatric trauma triage criteria to a trauma center. Methods An …