victims of road traffic accidents (69.7%) admitted to AL-Salam Hospital, Sadah, Republic
of Yemen from Jamiary 1996 to June 1996. Evaluation of the patients and emergency care
was done by recording the injury severity score based on hospital trauma index (HIT) and by
correlating the scores of the patients with hospital stay, morbidity, disability and mortality
rates. The patients were divided into 4 groups according to their scores. Groups I and H with
ISS (1-8) and (9-15) respectively represented the main bulk of die study (77.3%). Surgical
intervention was carried on 105 patients (57.3%). The highest mortality rate was recorded in
group TV (ISS > 25) (48%). The study revealed that ISS represented an important method
for summarizing injury severity and its correlation with the patients medical status as well
as the prognosis of the injury. Also it guided for proper emergency care by keeping
over-triage and under-traige to minimum. It is recommended to be added to hospital chart |
