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Table 2 Personal and institutional characteristics of the 243 European respondents

From: European trauma guideline compliance assessment: the ETRAUSS study

 

n (%) of respondents

Primary specialty

 

 Anesthesiology

81 (33 %)

 Intensive Care

81 (33 %)

 Emergency Medicine

31 (12 %)

 Trauma surgery

26 (11 %)

 General surgery

19 (7.8 %)

 Other

5 (2 %)

Type of ICU

 

 Mixed (medical & surgical)

172 (71 %)

 Surgical & Neurosurgical

41 (17 %)

 Surgical

20 (8 %)

 Trauma ICU

10 (4 %)

Hospital type

 

 University affiliated/ teaching

226 (93 %)

 Non teaching

12 (5 %)

 Other

5 (2 %)

Number of ISS > 15 per Year (Trauma centers)

n = 180 (74 %)

  < 100

38 (21 %)

 100- 200

48 (27 %)

 200- 500

56 (31 %)

  > 500

13 (7 %)

 Do not know

25 (14 %)

Number of ISS > 15 per Year (Non trauma centers)

n = 63 (26 %)

  < 100

38 (60 %)

 100- 200

7 (11 %)

 Do not know

18 (28 %)

  1. ICU Intensive Care Unit, ISS Injury Severity Score