Section 515.APPENDIX C
Minimum Trauma Field Triage Criteria
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– BP ≤ 90 SYSTOLIC (PEDS ≤ 80 SYSTOLIC) ON TWO CONSECUTIVE
MEASUREMENTS FIVE MINUTES APART
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MANDATORY NOTIFICATION OF
THE TRAUMA SURGEON FROM THE FIELD
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Category I
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Blunt or Penetrating
Trauma With Unstable Vital Signs And/Or:
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Hemodynamic Compromise As
Evidenced By:
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BP ≤ 90 systolic
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(Peds – BP ≤ 80
systolic
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Respiratory Compromise as
Evidenced By:
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YES
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Initiate Field Trauma
Treatment Protocols
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Respiratory rate < 10 or
> 29
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Rapid Transport To Trauma
Center (I)
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Altered Mentation as
Evidenced By:
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Glasgow Coma Scale ≤
10
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Anatomical Injury
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Penetrating injury of head,
neck, torso, groin
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Two or more body regions
with potential life or limb threat
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Combination trauma with ≥
20% TBSA Burn
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Amputation above wrist or
ankle
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Limb paralysis and/or
sensory deficit above the wrist and ankle
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Flail chest
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Category II
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Mechanism of Injury
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YES
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Ejection from motor vehicle
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Death in same passenger
compartment
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Falls > 20 feet
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● Initiate Field Trauma Treatment Protocols And
Transport to Closest Hospital
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NO
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(1) > 25 minutes from Trauma Center, transport to nearest
participating trauma hospital.
> 30 minutes from Trauma Center or participating trauma
hospital, transport to nearest hospital.
> 45 minutes from Trauma Center or participating trauma
hospital in a rural area where there is no comprehensive emergency department
available, transport to the nearest hospital.
(Source: Amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 9006, effective June 15, 2000)