{"id":5113,"date":"2011-01-11T00:50:22","date_gmt":"2011-01-11T05:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/?p=5113"},"modified":"2014-08-19T22:14:20","modified_gmt":"2014-08-20T02:14:20","slug":"priority-1-trauma-activation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/2011\/01\/priority-1-trauma-activation\/","title":{"rendered":"Priority 1 Trauma Activation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although trauma protocols differ slightly from center to center, most major trauma centers use criteria for trauma activation similar to the following to activate a level 1 (i.e., highest) response:<\/p>\n

1. Blood pressure < 90 mmHg in adults and age specific hypotension in children
\n2. Intubated patients or presence of respiratory compromise
\n3. Ongoing blood transfusion or intravenous fluid administration to maintain vital signs
\n4. Penetrating trauma to the neck, chest, abdomen, flanks, proximal leg above the knee, proximal arm above the elbow
\n5. Glasgow coma scale<\/a> 8 or less
\n6. Trauma or emergency room physician discretion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Although trauma protocols differ slightly from center to center, most major trauma centers use criteria for trauma activation similar to the following to activate a level 1 (i.e., highest) response: 1. Blood pressure < 90 mmHg in adults and age specific hypotension in children 2. Intubated patients or presence of respiratory compromise 3. Ongoing blood […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,28],"tags":[3947,945,3946],"yoast_head":"\nPriority 1 Trauma Activation - InsideSurgery Medical Information Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/2011\/01\/priority-1-trauma-activation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Priority 1 Trauma Activation - InsideSurgery Medical Information Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Although trauma protocols differ slightly from center to center, most major trauma centers use criteria for trauma activation similar to the following to activate a level 1 (i.e., highest) response: 1. Blood pressure < 90 mmHg in adults and age specific hypotension in children 2. Intubated patients or presence of respiratory compromise 3. Ongoing blood […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/2011\/01\/priority-1-trauma-activation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"InsideSurgery Medical Information Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-01-11T05:50:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-08-20T02:14:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/2011\/01\/priority-1-trauma-activation\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/2011\/01\/priority-1-trauma-activation\/\",\"name\":\"Priority 1 Trauma Activation - InsideSurgery Medical Information Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-01-11T05:50:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-08-20T02:14:20+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/#\/schema\/person\/80c1e5c67f8a2c348e38e202270e8594\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/2011\/01\/priority-1-trauma-activation\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/2011\/01\/priority-1-trauma-activation\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/2011\/01\/priority-1-trauma-activation\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Priority 1 Trauma Activation\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/\",\"name\":\"InsideSurgery Medical Information Blog\",\"description\":\"Details of surgical procedures, pathophysiology, signs and symptoms, and treatment of medical diseases,medical and surgical eponyms, and surgeons and surgery in the news\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/#\/schema\/person\/80c1e5c67f8a2c348e38e202270e8594\",\"name\":\"Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41c3c845307fcd3eff88632d6ccaf656?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41c3c845307fcd3eff88632d6ccaf656?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Editor\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Priority 1 Trauma Activation - InsideSurgery Medical Information Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/2011\/01\/priority-1-trauma-activation\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Priority 1 Trauma Activation - InsideSurgery Medical Information Blog","og_description":"Although trauma protocols differ slightly from center to center, most major trauma centers use criteria for trauma activation similar to the following to activate a level 1 (i.e., highest) response: 1. Blood pressure < 90 mmHg in adults and age specific hypotension in children 2. Intubated patients or presence of respiratory compromise 3. Ongoing blood […]","og_url":"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/2011\/01\/priority-1-trauma-activation\/","og_site_name":"InsideSurgery Medical Information Blog","article_published_time":"2011-01-11T05:50:22+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-08-20T02:14:20+00:00","author":"Editor","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Editor"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/2011\/01\/priority-1-trauma-activation\/","url":"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/2011\/01\/priority-1-trauma-activation\/","name":"Priority 1 Trauma Activation - InsideSurgery Medical Information Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-01-11T05:50:22+00:00","dateModified":"2014-08-20T02:14:20+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/#\/schema\/person\/80c1e5c67f8a2c348e38e202270e8594"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/2011\/01\/priority-1-trauma-activation\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/2011\/01\/priority-1-trauma-activation\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/2011\/01\/priority-1-trauma-activation\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Priority 1 Trauma Activation"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/","name":"InsideSurgery Medical Information Blog","description":"Details of surgical procedures, pathophysiology, signs and symptoms, and treatment of medical diseases,medical and surgical eponyms, and surgeons and surgery in the news","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/#\/schema\/person\/80c1e5c67f8a2c348e38e202270e8594","name":"Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41c3c845307fcd3eff88632d6ccaf656?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41c3c845307fcd3eff88632d6ccaf656?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Editor"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5113"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5113\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}