Importance Vital signs are essential components in the triage of injured children. The
Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) …

Despite advances in the delivery of trauma care, trauma remains the leading cause of death
amongst the pediatric population within the United States and is one of the leading causes …

Introduction With the expected surge of adult patients with COVID-19, the Children's Hospital
Association recommended a tiered approach to divert children to pediatric centers. Our …

Introduction Most injured children receive trauma care outside of a pediatric trauma center.
Differences in physiology, dosing, and injury pattern limit extrapolation of adult trauma …

BACKGROUND The American College of Surgeons (ACS) requires trauma centers to use
six minimum criteria (ACS-6) for full trauma team activation. Our goal was to evaluate the …

Purpose The consistency and accuracy of paediatric TBI triage tools can be affected by
different factors, such as patients' characteristics and the level of knowledge and skill of the …

BACKGROUND Rapid identification of the severity of injuries in the field is important to
ensure appropriate hospital care for better outcomes. Vital signs are used as a field triage …

Hereby, we aimed to comprehensively compare different scoring systems for pediatric
trauma and their ability to predict in-hospital mortality and intensive care unit (ICU) …

Abstract Introduction The American College of Surgeons has developed evidence-based
guidelines to triage the care of severely injured children to Level 1 and 2 trauma centers …

Background Pediatric traumas are often high-acuity but are low-frequency compared to adult
trauma activations. This is reflected in the relatively limited experience with these events …