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===10.05 ADULT TRAUMA ALERT CRITERIA===

* Meets color-coded triage system (see below)
* GCS ≤ 12 Patient must be evaluated via GCS if not identified as a trauma alert after application of criterion 1.
* Meets local criteria (specify): ''Likely to require surgery within one to four (1-4) hours.''
* Paramedic Judgment: Patient does not meet any of the trauma criteria listed above however, in the judgment of the Paramedic, should be transported as a trauma alert (document as required per 64J-1.014, FAC)

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! ADULT COMPONENT !! BLUE !! RED
|-
| AIRWAY1|| RR ≥ 30 || REQUIRES ACTIVE AIRWAY ASSISTANCE2
|-
| CIRCULATION || SUSTAINED HR ≥ 120 BPM || LACK OF RADIAL PULSE WITH SUSTAINED RAPID HEART RATE > 120 BPM OR BP < 90 mm hg
|-
| BEST MOTOR RESPONSE || BMR = 5 || BMR OF ≤ 4 PRESENCE OF PARALYSIS OR SUSPECTED SPINAL INJURY LOSS OF SENSATION
|-
| CUTANEOUS || TISSUE LOSS3 OR GSW TO EXTREMITIES || AMPUTATION4 OR 2°/3° BURNS TO ≥ 15% TBSA OR ANY PENETRATING INJURY TO HEAD, NECK OR TORSO5
|-
| LONGBONE FRACTURE || SINGLE LONGBONE FX DUE TO MVA OR FALL > 10’ || SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS OF MULTIPLE LONGBONE FX SITES6
|-
| AGE ||≥ 55 ||
|-
| MECHANISM OF INJURY || EJECTION FROM VEHICLE7 OR DEFORMED STEERING WHEEL8 ||
|}

 RED = any one (1) transport as a trauma alert BLUE= any two (2) transport as a trauma alert

1 Airway evaluation is designed to reflect the intervention required for effective care

2 Not just Oxygen

3 Degloving injuries, major flap avulsions (> 5 in.)

4 Amputations proximal to the wrist or ankle

5 Excluding superficial wounds in which the depth of the wound can be easily determined

6 Humerus, (radius,ulna), femur, (tibia or fibula)

7 Excluding any motorcycle, moped, all terrain vehicle, bicycle, or open body of a pickup truck

8 Only applies to driver of the vehicle

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