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2YEARS OF SEVERE INJURY IN CHILDREN
2Years of Severe Injury in Children (ISS > 15)
Time to first surgery from arrival at hospital
Direct admissions to hospital
Category*
Number of severely
Median hours
Interquartile
injured children with
to operation
range (hours)
operations recorded
*Patients can appear in multiple groups
Operations 24 hours after admission are excluded
The majority of surgical intervention takes place in a timely fashion although improvement may follow as trauma systems
develop.
0
4
8
12
16
20
All surgery, ISS > 15
Neurosurgery
Abdominal surgery
Cardiothoracic surgery Orthopaedic surgery
Median Hours To
2013 & 2014
2012
All surgery, ISS > 15
228
3.35
1.8 - 7.0
Abdominal surgery
22
2.5
1.7 - 4.1
Cardiothoracic surgery
11
2.1
1.4 - 2.8
Neurosurgery
123
2.7
1.5 - 4.8
Orthopaedic surgery
63
5.8
3.0 - 15.3