The journal of trauma and acute care surgery
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J Trauma Acute Care Surg · Jul 2017
Inefficacy of standard vital signs for predicting mortality and the need for prehospital life-saving interventions in blunt trauma patients transported via helicopter: A repeated call for new measures.
The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of traditional vital signs for predicting mortality and the need for prehospital lifesaving interventions (LSIs) in blunt trauma patients requiring helicopter transport to a Level I trauma center. Our hypothesis was that standard vital signs are not sufficient for identifying or determining treatment for those patients most at risk. ⋯ Therapeutic/care management, level IV.