Table 1

Injuries and physiological parameters of major trauma casualties on admission to hospital (surviving casualties only) n=12

AgeSexInjuriesISSRRSys BPGCS
ISS, injury severity score; RR, respiratory rate; Sys BP, systolic blood pressure; GCS, Glasgow Coma Score; #, fracture; L, lumbar vertebra; SAH, subarachnoid haemorrhage.
34ML1#, spinal cord damage, tibia and fibular #, minor head injury21238715
28ML1 to 4 transverse process # ‘ s, pneumothorax, humerus #172416215
43MDepressed skull #, Neck of femur #, pelvis #, radius #191213015
42MOpen skull #, pubic rami #, retroperioneal haematoma20?16515
53MBase of skull #, occipital contusions, 4 ribs #, tibia #,272412413
31MOpen depressed skull #, abrasions173615215
25MDiffuse axonal injury, SAH, occipital contusions, pneumothorax35201504
48MOccipital contusions, intraventricular haemorrhage, humerus #262413712
35MCervical spine #, cervical spinal cord damage, humerus #193015015
28MPneumothorax, pulmonary contusion, pubic ramus #, ankle # dislocation212811315
31MDepressed skull #, extradural haematoma, facial #,cCervical subluxation202010613
28MOpen skull #, parieto-occipital contusion and haematoma, open elbow #252414015