Introduction of a Mobile Device Based Tertiary Survey Application Reduces Missed Injuries: A Multi-Center Prospective Study

Trauma resuscitation is internationally standardized according to the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACS-COT) Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) course. The principles of ATLS are to identify and treat any life threatening injuries – the primary survey; and then to perform a full head-to-toe physical exam to identify all other injuries – the secondary survey (1).

Source: Injury - August 15, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: B Moffat, KN Vogt, K Inaba, D Demetriades, C Martin, R Malthaner, DK Gray, NG Parry Source Type: research