345 Appropriateness of Trauma Alert Activation and Validation of a Two-Tiered System for Trauma Alert Activation at an Academic Medical Center

Level 1 Trauma Centers credentialed by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) follow established criteria for the activation of Trauma Alerts (TA) which trigger multiple hospital resources. These include rules for trauma activation (TA) based on physiologic, anatomic, and "mechanism of injury" (MOI) characteristics of victims. TAs are dichotomized into Level A and Level B based on these criteria. This project was designed to characterize the appropriateness of initiating TAs at our institution and to compare discharge rates of Level A versus Level B activations.

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