The Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) is the international standard tool for documenting injury details and ranking injury severity. If an injury is not in the AIS dictionary, it cannot be coded. Unfortunately, this is becoming a real problem for many trauma registrars and researchers. Here’s the issue: As their understanding of trauma improves, trauma data…
Author: Sara B. Heltzel
Amy Brammer, Kathryn Loftis, Sara B. Heltzel
Sara B. Heltzel, MS, CST, CAISS, CTBS is anatomical donations coordinator at UVA Center for Applied Biomechanics and faculty for the Abbreviated Injury Scale Course.