Type of injury | Total no. | Consequence*; no. of injuries | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Surgery† | Chest tube‡ | Interventional procedure | Anticoagulation§ | ||
Intracranial bleeding | 11 | 1 | 2¶ | ||
Lung contusion | 11 | ||||
Hemothorax | 10 | 1 | 9 | ||
Unstable spine fracture | 7 | 7 | |||
Stable spine fracture | 7 | 3 | |||
Liver rupture | 5 | 3 | |||
Kidney injury | 4 | 1** | |||
Visceral tear | 3 | 3 | |||
Acetabular fracture | 3 | 2 | |||
Serial rib fractures | 2 | ||||
Extracranial vessel injury | 2 | 2 | |||
Facial fracture | 2 | 1 | |||
Retroperitoneal bleeding | 1 | ||||
Pelvic ring fracture | 1 | 1 | |||
Pneumothorax | 1 | 1 | |||
Total | 70 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 2 |
↵* In addition to monitoring in the intensive care unit.
↵† Injuries that required surgical intervention (e.g., trepanation, thoracotomy, laparotomy, or internal fracture fixation) in addition to usual care.
↵‡ Additional chest drains because of progressive intrathoracic bleeding or pneumothorax that was not visible on the pan-scan scan.
↵§ Anticoagulation with heparin for intimal dissection of the carotid artery detected by follow-up computed-tomography angiography ordered because of neurologic deterioration.
↵¶ Intracranial pressure monitors.
↵** Radiologic coiling intervention for massive kidney bleeding.