Table 1

Mechanism of Injury Only – Long et al [5]
Criteria
 Patients
n
 ISS > 16
 Sensitivity
%
 Specificity
%
Structural intrusion into the patient's space
 128
 72
 56
 46
Motor vehicular accident with an extrication time of longer than 20 minutes
 52
 38
 73
 73
Patient ejected from the vehicle
 82
 53
 65
 65
Fall of 15 ft (4.6 m) or more
 37
 22
 59
 59
Other loss of life in the same vehicle compartment
 25
 21
 84
 84
Child less than 12 years of age struck by car
 18
 7
 39
 39
Pedestrian struck by vehicle and thrown
 28
 18
 64
 64

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