Pediatric Trauma Score
| Category |
+2 |
+1 |
-1 |
| Size |
> 20 kg |
10-20 kg |
< 10 kg |
| Airway |
Normal |
Maintainable |
Not Maintainable |
| Systolic BP |
> 90 mm Hg |
50-90 mm Hg |
< 50 mm Hg |
| CNS |
Awake |
Obtunded |
Comatose |
| Open Wound |
None |
Minor |
Major |
| Skeletal |
None |
Closed Fx |
Open or Multiple Fx |
| > 8 |
< 1% Mortality predicted |
| < 8 |
Suggests need for trauma center |
| 4 |
predicts 50% mortality |
| <1 |
predicts > 98% mortality |
Based on Tepas, JJ, Alexander, RH, Campbell, JD, et al.. 1985.
An improved scoring system for assessment of the injured child. J.
Trauma 25:720.
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Last modification: September 27, 1998