On-scene and pre-hospital risk evaluation (ospre)

Abstract

System, methods and computer-readable media are provided for facilitating decision support by assessing the severity of injuries and the acute risk of physiologic deterioration and short-term mortality in trauma patients, both on the scene where emergency medical personnel initially evaluate and treat trauma victims and while in-transit to receive care at a health care facility. Embodiments of the invention provide a quantitative numerical score and calculated probabilities of deterioration and/or mortality, based on multi-variable statistical regressions. In some embodiments, fuzzy-set mathematics are employed in the regressions to account for physiologic and epistemologic uncertainty that are inherent in one or more emergency personnel members' observations and recordings of a plurality of measurements periodically during the time on-scene and during transit. Embodiments also enable the prediction of the other outcomes of trauma patients, such as the intensity of care that will likely be required prior to hospital arrival.