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===10.06 PEDIATRIC TRAUMA ALERT CRITERIA===

* Meets color-coded triage system (see below)
* Patient does not meet any of the trauma criteria listed above but, in the judgment of the EMT or paramedic, should be transported as a trauma alert (document a required per 64J-1.014, FAC)

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! COMPONENT !! BLUE !! RED
|-
| AIRWAY1 || || REQUIRES ACTIVE AIRWAY ASSISTANCE2
|-
| CONSCIOUSNESS || SYMPTOMS OF AMNESIA LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS|| ALTERED MENTAL STATUS3 PRESENCE OF PARALYSIS OR LOSS OF SENSATION SUSPECTED SPINAL INJURY
|-
| CIRCULATION || LOSS OF RADIAL OR PEDAL PULSES4 OR SYSTOLIC B/P < 90 mm hg || FAINT / NONPALPABLE CAROTID PULSE OR FAINT / NONPALPABLE FEMORAL PULSE OR BP < 50 mm hg
|-
| FRACTURE || SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS OF A CLOSED LONG BONE FRACTURE (DOES NOT INCLUDE ISOLATED WRIST OR ANKLE FXs) || OPEN LONG BONE FX.5 OR MULTIPLE FX SITES OR MULTIPLE DISLOCATIONS (EXCEPT FOR ISOLATED WRIST OR ANKLE FX OR DISLOCATIONS)

|-
| CUTANEOUS || || MAJOR SOFT TISSUE DISRUPTION6 OR 2°/3° BURNS TO ≥ 10% TBSA OR AMPUTATION7, OR PENETRATING INJURIES TO HEAD, NECK OR TORSO8
|-
| SIZE || ≤ 11 KILOGRAMS9 (Kg)||
|}

RED = any one (1) transport as a trauma alert BLUE = any two (2) transport as a trauma alert

1 Airway evaluation is designed to reflect the intervention required for effective care

2 Patient requiring intubation, manual jaw thrust, continuous suctioning or use of airway adjuncts to assist ventilatory efforts

3 Including drowsiness, lethargy, inability to follow commands, unresponsive to voice, totally unresponsive or coma

4 Carotid and femoral pulses are palpable but, radial or pedal pulses are not palpable

5 Humerus, (radius,ulna), femur, (tibia or fibula)

6 Major degloving injuries or major flap avulsions

7 Amputations proximal to the wrist or ankle

8 Excluding superficial wounds in which the depth of the wound can be easily determined

9 Or body length is equivalent to this weight on the Broselow tape (the equivalent of 33 inches in measurement or less)

Pediatric Trauma Alert Criteria - Revision history

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