Trauma program leaders use trauma scores to monitor and improve quality of care. Three of the most important trauma scoring systems are the Injury Severity Score (ISS), the New Injury Severity Score (NISS) and the Trauma Injury Severity Score (TRISS). ISS and NISS are very similar, and TRISS is based in part on ISS. All…
Author: Jessica Pemberton
Amy Brammer, Kathy Cookman, Jessica Pemberton
Jessica Pemberton, MSN, RN, CEN, TCRN, CAISS, CSTR is trauma performance improvement coordinator at Kaiser Permanente Vacaville Medical Center.