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12/11/2014
Changes to Ohio's Trauma Triage Criteria for EMS
The following changes have been made to the Ohio Trauma Triage Criteria for EMS personnel:
Physiologic
- “Needs intubation“ has been modified to “Need for ventilatory support”
- Adults and geriatrics
- EMSIRS field value 9910 (no change to code, only wording)
- “Respiratory rate less than 20 in infants less than 1 year old” added
- Pediatrics
- EMSIRS field value 9912
Anatomic
- “Open skull fracture” added
- All age groups
- EMSIRS field value 9983
Mechanism
- “Vehicle telemetry data consistent with high risk of injury” added
- All age groups
- EMSIRS field value 9997
These changes are now in effect. Click here to see an updated Trauma Triage Decision Tree.
Any questions, comments or concerns should be directed to:
Tim Erskine
Chief of Trauma Systems and Research
terskine@dps.ohio.gov
614-387-1951
800-233-0785