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Table 5 Trauma Team Activation Criteria

From: Trauma team conformation in a war-influenced middle-income country in South America: is it possible?

Intubated patient upon arrival to the emergency department

Dyspnea or respiratory failure

Hypotension SBP < 90 mmHg

Glasgow Coma Scale <9

Penetrating trauma in the trunk

Traumatic limb amputation

Unstable pelvic fracture

Previously operated trauma patient

2 or more trauma patients at the same time

Emergency physician criteria

  1. Trauma team criteria activation at Fundación Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia