Table 4

Elements in the ideal trauma history that were significantly different for trauma-stat (n=41) patients versus non-trauma-stat patients (n=227)

Ideal trauma history elementTrauma-stat completion frequency (%)Non-trauma-stat completion frequency (%)p Value
Trauma-stat records less complete
    Previous medical history85 (71 to 94)98 (95 to 99)0.002
    Exact address of incident5 (0.6 to 17)26 (21 to 32)0.002
    Kinematics32 (18 to 48)52 (45 to 59)0.018
    Main body parts impacted (on bike, ground, etc)46 (31 to 63)66 (60 to 72)0.021
Trauma-stat records more complete
    Indication of pre-hospital care93 (80 to 98)80 (74 to 85)0.05
    Description of pre-hospital care56 (40 to 72)22 (17 to 28)<0.001
    Child traumatic contact points95 (83 to 99)78 (72 to 84)0.009