Suggested citation: New South Wales Institute of Trauma and Injury Management (2012). Trauma Snips: Adult major trauma service statistics, 4th quarter 2011. Sydney. NSW ITIM © Copyright NSW Institute of Trauma and Injury Management 2012
Trauma Snips Snapshot of moderate to critical injury (ISS>12) Adult major trauma service statistics: 4th quarter 2011
June 2012 www.itim.nsw.gov.au
About this reportThis report provides aggregated summary statistics for trauma services in the group of adult major trauma services in NSW for the report period. Statistics in this report were extracted from the NSW Trauma Registry, and were correct at the date of publication. More information is available from the Reports and Data section of the NSW ITIM website (see http://www.itim.nsw.gov.au/wiki/Reports_and_data) Year/quarter
20
10 Q
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20 11
Q 1
20 11
Q 2
20 11
Q 3
20 11
Q 4*
Admissions (total) 561 627 560 542 567 Median age (years) 46 49 52 49 51 Assaults (%) 8.0 8.4 8.7 7.8 7.9 Falls (%) 39.4 40.4 48.0 40.8 40.2 Road trauma (%) 39.4 40.4 33.4 42.6 41.6 ISS 13, 14 (total) 96 116 110 127 120 ISS > 15 (total) 465 511 450 415 447 Median ISS 19 19 18 17 18 Patients direct from scene (%) 73.6 75.1 71.1 72.7 74.8 Patients transferred in (%) 26.4 24.9 28.9 27.3 25.2 ICU admissions (%) 41.9 36.0 38.4 39.5 40.2 Median hospital length of stay (days) 8.00 8.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 Case fatality rate (%) ** 10.5 12.3 11.8 10.5 11.3 * Current quarter for this report ** See additional notes below
More about this reportCriteria for this report ISS > 12
Peer group Adult major trauma service
Number of facilities in peer group 7
Facilities in peer group John Hunter Hospital, Liverpool Hospital, Royal North Shore Hospital, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, St George Hospital, St Vincent's Hospital, Westmead Hospital
This report provides aggregated summary statistics for trauma services in hospitals in the peer group in NSW during the report period. Equivalent statistics for the previous four quarters are provided for comparison.
Additional notes: 1. Case fatality rates are calculated as (number of deaths) / (number of patients in group) X 100;
Prepared by David Martens, NSW Trauma Data Systems Manager