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 |
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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 |