Abstract:Patients with injury severity score (ISS) of 8 and above were included in the review. Results A total of 227 records were identified, of these, 26.45% presented with major trauma (ISS>15). 177/227 (78%) of the cohort were aged 16-24 and managed by the adult trauma team while 50 (22%) were aged 10-15 years and managed by the paediatric team. Secondary transfers from trauma units accounted for 24.2% of cases. Weekly and monthly attendance trends are described in figure 1 and 2; These show that most patients abov… Show more
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