trauma room

Frequently Asked Questions

Our PTSF staff have compiled frequently asked questions for you to reference. Do you have a question about basic trauma assessment? Maybe you're looking to better understand basic trauma training?

Trauma Registry related FAQs will be updated here by PTSF staff. Please take the date of the post into consideration. As you know, changes occur frequently in the PTOS dataset.

Acute Care

Clinical

Demographic

Diagnoses

Inclusion/Exclusion

We have a question regarding the exclusion/inclusion criteria.  We previously reached out for clarification on this but upon reviewing with new staff I want to ensure we are capturing this correctly.  If we have a patient that is transferred in from an outside hospital is in our ED and family wants hospice/comfort care we are to be including these as PTOS as the patient was transferred in, correct?  However the below statement in the guidelines on page 16 is conflicting.  We think that the bolded portion contradict one another, at least that’s how we are interrupting it. A patient discharged to hospice (in-house or outside), or the equivalent (i.e.palliative care, comfort care), directly from the ED or prior to meeting any portion of the PTOS inclusion criteria are NOT to be captured as PTOS.  NOTE: A patient that meets the PTOS inclusion criteria prior to the order for hospice care, or the equivalent, should be captured as PTOS. Transfer in patients who are discharged to hospice directly from the ED are not to be captured as PTOS. If the order for hospice or equivalent care is rescinded and the patient receives treatment, the patient should be captured as PTOS if the patient meets the PTOS  inclusion criteria.We have a question regarding the exclusion/inclusion criteria.  We previously reached out for clarification on this but upon reviewing with new staff I want to ensure we are capturing this correctly.  If we have a patient that is transferred in from an outside hospital is in our ED and family wants hospice/comfort care we are to be including these as PTOS as the patient was transferred in, correct?  However the below statement in the guidelines on page 16 is conflicting.  We think that the bolded portion contradict one another, at least that’s how we are interrupting it. 

Miscellaneous

Outcome

Prehospital

Procedures