Table 1

Criteria for inclusion and exclusion into the TARN database¹⁰

All trauma patients irrespective of age who meet any of the following criteria:

All trauma admissions whose length of stay is 72 hours or more

All trauma patients admitted to an intensive care or high dependency area

All deaths of injured patients occurring in the hospital (even if the cause of death is medical)

All trauma patients transferred to another hospital for further emergency care or admission to a high dependency area or die from injuries

Patients with the following conditions were excluded:

Isolated fractures of the femoral neck or single pubic rami fractures in patients aged ⩾65 years

Or isolated closed, undisplaced, not comminuted limb injuries

Or soft tissue spinal strains

Or closed, undisplaced facial injuries

Or simple penetrating injuries not involving deeper structures or <20% blood loss

And/or uncomplicated skin injuries

And/or l>10% superficial or partial thickness burns (all full thickness burns are included)