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Table 1 Isolated injury criteria for inclusion into the Trauma Audit Research Network (TARN) Registry. Reproduced with permission from Edwards et al. (b)

From: Serious sports-related injury in England and Wales from 2012-2017: a study protocol

Body Region or Specific Injury

Included – in isolationa

Excluded – in isolationa

Head

All brain or skull injuries

Loss of consciousness or injuries to scalp

Thorax

All internal injuries

 

Abdomen

All internal injuries

 

Spine

Cord injury, fracture, dislocation or nerve root injury.

 

Face

Fractures documented as: significantly displaced, open, compound or comminuted. All Le Fort fractures. All panfacial fractures. All orbital blowout fractures

Fractures documented as closed and simple or stable

Neck

Any organ injury, injury to the carotid artery, vertebral artery or jugular veins, hyoid fracture

Nerve injuries

Skin injuries

Femoral fracture

All shaft, distal, head or subtrochanteric fractures, regardless of age.

Isolated neck of femur, inter or greater trochanteric fractures if > = 65 years.

Isolated neck of femur, inter or greater trochanteric fractures if < 65 years old

Foot or hand: joint or bone

Crush or amputation only.

Any fractures and/or dislocations, even if open and/or multiple.

Finger or toe

None

All injuries to digits, even if open

Limb – upper (except hands/fingers)

Any open injury.

Any closed unilateral injury (including multiple closed fractures and/or dislocations or the same limb)

Any 2 limb fractures &/or dislocations.

Limb – below knee (except feet/toes)

Any open injury.

including multiple closed fractures and/or dislocations or the same limb)

Any 2 limb fractures and/or dislocations.

Pelvis

All isolated fractures to ischium, sacrum, coccyx, ileum, acetabulum.

Single pubic rami fracture ≥65 years old.

Single pubic rami fracture < 65 years old.

Multiple pubic rami fractures. Any fracture involving sacroiliac joint or symphysis pubis.

Nerve

Any injury to sciatic, facial, femoral, cranial nerve or brachial plexus.

All other nerve injuries, single or multiple.

Vessel

All injuries to femoral, neck, facial, cranial, thoracic or abdominal vessels. Transection or major disruption of any other vessel (excluding vessels in the hands, feet and digits).

Intimal tear or superficial laceration or perforation to any limb vessel.

Skin

Laceration or penetrating skin injuries with blood loss > 20% (1000 ml).

Simple skin lacerations or penetrating injuries with blood loss <=20% (1000 ml); single or multiple. Contusions or abrasions: single or multiple.

Major degloving injury (> = 50% body region).

Minor degloving injury (< 50% body region).

Burn

Any full thickness burn or partial/superficial burn > = 10% body surface area not referred to a burns unit.

Partial or superficial burn < 10% body surface area. Or any burn referred to a burns unit.

Inhalation

All included - if not referred to burns unit

If referred to burns unit.

Frostbite

Severe frostbite

Superficial frostbite

Asphyxia

All

None

Drowning

All

None

Explosion

All

None

Hypothermia

Accompanied by another TARN- eligible injury

Hypothermia in isolation

Electrical

All

None

  1. a Except where specified