Prehospital Reverse Shock Index Times Glasgow Coma Scale as a Predictor for Trauma Intervention in Paediatric Trauma Patients

In brief

This study evaluates prehospital reverse shock index multiplied by Glasgow Coma Scale (rSIG) as a triage tool for identifying pediatric trauma patients requiring trauma center-level care. The research examines whether this physiologic scoring system can effectively predict the need for trauma intervention in a large pediatric cohort during the prehospital phase.

• Prehospital rSIG (reverse shock index × GCS) may identify pediatric trauma patients requiring trauma-center level care.
• Early physiologic scoring in the field could improve triage accuracy and resource allocation for injured children.
• Validation in large pediatric cohorts is needed to establish rSIG cutoffs for field trauma activation criteria.

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