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Serious Injury Reporting Planning Tool – Long Descriptions

Figure 1

SUSPECTED SERIOUS INJURY (A) CLASSIFICATIONS

UNCONSCOUSNESS

  • Breathing but not awake and not talking
    • Only qualifies if victim remains unconscious when taken from scene
  • PARALYSIS

    • Loss of movement

    CRUSH INJURIES

    • Part of the body is pinned or trapped
      • Victim cannot escape

    SKULL, CHEST, OR ABDOMINAL INJURIES

    • Confused or acts irrational or unusual
      • Impression on windshield might indicate a head injury
    • Bruising, swelling, bleeding, or deformities of chest or abdomen
    • Bulging eyes or veins popping in the neck

    SIGNIFICANT BURNS

    • Second-or third-degree burns on ten percent of body (majority of extremity, chest or back)

    SEVER LACERATION

    • Exposure of underlying tissue and/or oozing and active bleeding

    ROKEN OR DISTORTED EXTREMITIES

    • Limb is deformed
    • Can see bone

    When in doubt, as EMS personnel for assistance

    Logos: U.S. Department of Transportation - Federal Highway Administration and NHTSA - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

    Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC) 4th Edition, April 2017 * FHWA-SA-17-045

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    Figure 2

    MMUCC CRASH REPORT

    Person Data Elements
    Level 1: All Person Involved

    P1. Name of Person Involved

    P2. Date of Birth
    Date of Birth (YYYY/MM/DD)
    Age

    P3. Sex
    01 Female
    02 Male
    99 Unknown

    P5. Injury Status
    01 (K) Fatal injury**
    02 (A) Suspected Serious Injury (box around this entry)
    03 (B) Suspected Minor Injury
    04 (C) Possible Injury
    05 (O) No Apparent Injury

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