Revised Trauma Score
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| Revised Trauma Score | |
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| Purpose | physiologic scoring system |
The Revised Trauma Score (RTS) is a physiologic scoring system based on the initial vital signs of a patient.[1] A lower score indicates a higher severity of injury.[2]
The Revised Trauma Score is made up of three categories: Glasgow Coma Scale, systolic blood pressure, and respiratory rate. The score range is 0–12. In START triage, a patient with an RTS score of 12 is labeled delayed, 11 is urgent, and 3–10 is immediate. Those who have an RTS below 3 are declared dead and should not receive certain care because they are highly unlikely to survive without a significant amount of resources.[citation needed]