2020-21 SAEMF Research Training Grant - $300,000

“Population-based Assessment of Pediatric Trauma Triage”

To improve the prehospital triage of injured children, we will perform a population-based, multi-center, observational study that links prehospital, ED, and trauma registry records to estimate the predictive accuracy of the ACS/CDC Field Triage Guidelines and the ACS Six Minimum Criteria for secondary triage, and evaluate the effect of incorporating pediatric shock index, as a marker of compensated physiologic response among children, into existing guidelines.