Article Bites #23: Applying the K.I.S.S. Principle to Trauma Triage.

Article: Kupas, D. F., Melnychuk, E. M., & Young, A. J. (2016). Glasgow coma scale motor component (“patient does not follow commands”) performs similarly to total glasgow coma scale in predicting severe injury in trauma patients. Annals of emergency medicine, 68(6), 744-750.  Background: Trauma patients are often triaged to trauma centers based on their GCS.  Indeed, a …

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