Injury Severity Score

The Injury Severity Score (ISS) is an established medical score to assess trauma severity.^[1]^[2] It correlates with mortality, morbidity and hospitalization time after trauma. It is used to define the term major trauma. A major trauma (or polytrauma) is defined as the Injury Severity Score being greater than 15.^[2] The AIS Committee of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM) designed and improves upon the scale.

^ Baker SP, O'Neill B, Haddon W, Long WB (1974). "The Injury Severity Score: a method for describing patients with multiple injuries and evaluating emergency care". The Journal of Trauma. 14 (3). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins: 187–196. doi:10.1097/00005373-197403000-00001. PMID 4814394.
^ ^a ^b Copes, W.S.; H.R. Champion; W.J. Sacco; M.M. Lawnick; S.L. Keast; L.W. Bain (1988). "The Injury Severity Score revisited". The Journal of Trauma. 28 (1). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins: 69–77. doi:10.1097/00005373-198801000-00010. PMID 3123707.

[1] Baker SP, O'Neill B, Haddon W, Long WB (1974). "The Injury Severity Score: a method for describing patients with multiple injuries and evaluating emergency care". The Journal of Trauma. 14 (3). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins: 187–196. doi:10.1097/00005373-197403000-00001. PMID 4814394.

[Copes_et_al.-2] Copes, W.S.; H.R. Champion; W.J. Sacco; M.M. Lawnick; S.L. Keast; L.W. Bain (1988). "The Injury Severity Score revisited". The Journal of Trauma. 28 (1). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins: 69–77. doi:10.1097/00005373-198801000-00010. PMID 3123707.

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