From: Compliance to advanced trauma life support protocols in adult trauma patients in the acute setting
 | All patients (n = 508) | TTL (n = 274) | Non-TTL (n = 234) | p-value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Male | 375 (73.8%) | 210 (76.6%) | 165 (70.5%) | 0.117 |
Mean age (years) | 39.7 (SD 17.6) | 39.2 (SD 17.3) | 40.3 (SD 18.0) | 0.457 |
Mean ISS | 24.5 (SD 10.7) | 25.4 (SD 11.0) | 23.5 (SD 10.2) | 0.045 |
Mean ICU LOS (days) | 3.7 (SD 9.0) | 4.5(SD 9.8) | 2.9 (SD 7.8) | 0.040 |
Mean total LOS (days) | 14.5 (SD 23.0) | 16.2 (SD 28.1) | 12.4 (SD 14.6) | 0.050 |
RTS | 6.15 (SD 3.1) | 5.81 (SD 3.30) | 6.55 (SD 2.82) | 0.007 |
Mechanism of injury | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Blunt | 467 (91.9%) | 248 (90.5%) | 219 (93.6%) | |
  Penetrating | 29 (5.7%) | 21 (7.7%) | 8 (3.4%) | |
  Burns | 12 (2.4%) | 5 (1.8%) | 7 (3.0%) | |
Mortality | 25 (4.9%) | 15 (5.5%) | 10 (4.3%) | 0.682 |
Readmission* | 19 (4.0%) | 9 (3.5%) | 10 (4.5%) | 0.642 |