BACKGROUND Significant variability exists in the triage of injured children with most
systems using mechanism of injury and/or physiologic criteria. It is not well established if …

Background Accurate triage of the undifferentiated patient is a critical task in prehospital
emergency care. However, there is a paucity of literature synthesizing currently available …

Objective Paediatric Emergency Research in the UK and Ireland (PERUKI) is a collaborative
clinical studies group established in August 2012. It consists of a network of 43 centres from …

Background We conducted a systematic review to evaluate and compare the accuracy of pre-
hospital triage tools for major trauma in the context of the development of the Italian National …

Objectives The purpose of this study was to provide an internationally comparable overview
of pediatric trauma of the University Hospital of Lausanne to improve the care of children …

Introduction Triage is a key principle in the effective management of a major incident.
Existing triage tools have demonstrated limited performance at predicting need for life …

Background Children are frequently injured during major incidents (MI), including terrorist
attacks, conflict and natural disasters. Triage facilitates healthcare resource allocation in …

Management of severely injured patients is complex and requires organised, expert care.
Regionalised trauma systems are relatively new in the UK and aim to deliver optimal, timely …

A short cut review was carried out to establish whether existing paediatric major incident
triage tools identify patients requiring life-saving interventions. Sixteen papers presented the …

Introduction: In order to direct patients to specialist Major Trauma Centres (MTCs), triage is
performed at the scene of an incident to evaluate the extent of a patient's injuries. The most …