The Trauma section only matters if the patient has an injury. For trauma calls, this section is where you record the mechanism, the injuries, and whether the patient meets your state's trauma triage criteria.
What to fill in
- Cause of injury — fall, motor vehicle crash, gunshot, stab, struck by object, and so on.
- Vehicular injury indicators — for crashes, things like ejection, intrusion, rollover, fatality in same vehicle.
- Risk factors — pregnancy, anticoagulants, age over 55, and other conditions that change trauma management.
- Injury locations — where on the body the injuries are.
- Trauma triage criteria — does the patient meet criteria for transport to a trauma center?
Trauma triage
Most states have a trauma triage protocol that says "if the patient meets any of these criteria, transport directly to a trauma center." CloudPCR walks you through the criteria as a checklist. Mark each one yes or no, and CloudPCR shows you the recommended destination based on your answers.
An example
You respond to a single-car rollover. The driver was ejected from the vehicle. He has obvious deformity to his right femur and is complaining of abdominal pain. In the Trauma section you mark Cause as Motor Vehicle Crash, Vehicular Indicators Ejection from vehicle, Rollover. You mark the injury locations: right thigh and abdomen. You walk through the triage criteria: Yes ejection, Yes long bone fracture, Yes abdominal complaint. CloudPCR confirms this patient meets criteria for a trauma center. You contact medical control and divert to the regional Level 1 instead of the closest community hospital.