AIS-ISS version

[Coats Tim - Professor of Emergency Medicine]

Patrick,

There is an active discussion about making trauma outcome comparisons at
a European level (as we have a fascinating variety of trauma care
systems). I am sure that you could easily get useful advice,
collaboration and fellowship. You could maybe contact Rolf Lefering who
runs the German Trauma Registry, Hans-Morten Lossius who is active in
Scandanavia (SCANTEM) or Antoinnete Edwards from EuroTARN in the UK.

Best wishes,

Tim.

PS. I bet those fondue skewers can cause nasty finger injuries if you
get the timing wrong,


Prof Tim Coats
Professor Emergency Medicine, Leicester University, UK.
Chair, Trauma Audit and Research Network (TARN).

-----Original Message-----
From: Marc Matthews - MedPro MMC X
[mailto:Marc_Matthews at medprodoctors.com] 
Sent: 05 February 2008 18:47
To: Trauma & trauma-list at trauma.org
Subject: RE: AIS-ISS version

Dr. Schoettker,
 
In an attempt to answer your question, I spoke with our Trauma Program
Manager and the following is what she told me. As we have a state trauma
registry that mandates that we turn in data to them (funding issues),
the Arizona Department of Health Service (Trauma Division) upgraded us
automatically with this latest version. We have also sent our trauma
registrars to a course to be able to use this latest version. So, we are
using it to stay current as requested by the state. I have not heard any
bad feedback as of late in regards to accuracy from our registrars, the
state, other Arizona level one trauma centers or from the attendings at
my institution using this data.
 
Best Wishes,
 
Marc "Dutch" Matthews, MD, FACS
Medical Director of Trauma Services at Maricopa Medical Center Associate
Director of The Arizona Burn Center

________________________________

From: trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org on behalf of Patrick Schoettker
Sent: Tue 2/5/2008 3:32 AM
To: trauma-list at trauma.org
Subject: AIS-ISS version



Dear friends-colleagues!
 
which is according to you the "most" used - most "accurate" version of
the AIS-ISS classification.
 
we are thinking of buying the latest (new AIS 2005) for our trauma
registry. Any ideas - inputs??
 
thx from snowy switz!
 
we want to be able to compare our swiss cheese fondue-related trauma ski
accidents with the rest of the world.....
 
pat  

Patrick Schoettker, M.D., M.E.R.
Anesthesiology
CHUV, Rue du Bugnon 46
CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
tel:+41.314.2025
fax:+41.314.2004

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