Citation

Read-Allsopp C. J. Trauma Nurs. 2004; 11(1): 35-39.

Affiliation

NSW Institute of Trauma and Injury Management, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Society of Trauma Nurses)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

16515155

Abstract

Trauma systems rely on accurate Injury Severity Scoring (ISS) to describe trauma patient populations. Twenty-seven (27) Trauma Nurse Coordinators and Data Managers across the state of New South Wales, Australia trauma network were instructed in the uses and techniques of the Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) from the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine. The aim is to provide accurate, reliable and valid data for the state trauma network. Four (4) months after the course a coding exercise was conducted to assess inter-rater reliability. The results show that inter-rater reliability is with accepted international standards.

Language: en