Effects of Advanced Trauma Life Support® on Adult Trauma Patient Outcomes

Inclusion Criteria

• •age of at least 15 years;
• •trauma occurred less than 48 hours before arrival at the hospital;
• •present to the emergency department of participating hospitals, with a history of trauma defined as having any of the reasons listed in the International Classification of Diseases chapter XX as the reason for presenting;
• •admitted or died between arrival at the hospital and admission, or referred/transferred from the emergency department of a participating hospital to another hospital for admission; and
• •managed by a participating cluster in the emergency department.