Suggested citation: New South Wales Institute of Trauma and Injury Management (2012). Trauma Snips: Adult major trauma service statistics, 2ndquarter 2012. 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: 2nd quarter 2012
December 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
11 Q
2
20 11
Q 3
20 11
Q 4
20 12
Q 1
20 12
Q 2*
Admissions (total) 561 548 572 584 561 Median age (years) 53 49 51 53 50 Assaults (%) 8.7 7.7 7.9 8.6 6.1 Falls (%) 48.1 40.9 40.0 44.7 40.6 Road trauma (%) 33.3 42.5 41.6 34.4 41.7 ISS 13, 14 (total) 109 124 118 102 116 ISS > 15 (total) 452 424 454 482 445 Median ISS 18 18 18 19 18 Patients direct from scene (%) 70.8 72.4 75.2 67.5 72.7 Patients transferred in (%) 29.2 27.6 24.8 32.5 27.3 ICU admissions (%) 40.1 42.0 40.4 41.8 38.0 Median hospital length of stay (days) 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 8.0 Case fatality rate (%) ** 11.9 10.6 11.1 9.3 11.2 * 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