Is AVPU comparable to GCS in critical prehospital decisions? – A cross-sectional study

• Published in: The American journal of emergency medicine Vol. 59; pp. 106 - 110
• Main Authors: Janagama, Srinivasa R., Newberry, Jennifer A., Kohn, Michael A., Rao, G.V. Ramana, Strehlow, Matthew C., Mahadevan, Swaminatha V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Elsevier Inc 01.09.2022; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Ambulance services; AVPU; Clinical decision making; Consciousness; Cross-sectional studies; Data analysis; Emergency medical care; Fatalities; Field triage; Glasgow coma scale; Intensive care; Mortality; Pain; Patients; Prehospital AVPU; Quality improvement; Statistical analysis; Trauma; Trauma care; Unconsciousness; India; Prehospital AVPU; Glasgow coma scale; AVPU; Field triage; Trauma

Advanced Trauma Life Support field triage utilizes the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) to assess the level of consciousness. However, prehospital care providers in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) often use the Alert, Verbal, Pain, and Unresponsive (AVPU) scale to assess the level of consciousness....