Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine

The Korean Society of Emergency Medicine (대한응급의학회)
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Validation of the Korean criteria for trauma team activation

  • Bang, Minhyuk (Department of Emergency Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Yong Won (Department of Emergency Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Oh Hyun (Department of Emergency Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Kang Hyun (Department of Emergency Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine) ;
  • Jung, Woo Jin (Department of Emergency Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine) ;
  • Cha, Yong Sung (Department of Emergency Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Hyun (Department of Emergency Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine) ;
  • Hwang, Sung Oh (Department of Emergency Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine) ;
  • Cha, Kyoung-Chul (Department of Emergency Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine)
  • Received : 2017.08.14
  • Accepted : 2017.10.29
  • Published : 2018.12.31
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Abstract

Objective We conducted a study to validate the effectiveness of the Korean criteria for trauma team activation (TTA) and compared its results with a two-tiered system. Methods This observational study was based on data from the Korean Trauma Data Bank. Within the study period, 1,628 trauma patients visited our emergency department, and 739 satisfied the criteria for TTA. The rates of overtriage and undertriage in the Korean one-tiered system were compared with the two-tiered system recommended by the American College of Surgery-Committee on Trauma. Results Most of the patient's physiologic factors reflected trauma severity levels, but anatomical factors and mechanism of injury did not show consistent results. In addition, while the rate of overtriage (64.4%) was above the recommended range according to the Korean criteria, the rate of undertriage (4.0%) was within the recommended range. In the simulated two-tiered system, the rate of overtriage was reduced by 5.5%, while undertriage was increased by 1.8% compared to the Korean activation system. Conclusion The Korean criteria for TTA showed higher rates of overtriage and similar undertriage rates compared to the simulated two-tier system. Modification of the current criteria to a twotier system with special considerations would be more effective for providing optimum patient care and medical resource utilization.

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