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==Reference==
===10.06 PEDIATRIC TRAUMA ALERT CRITERIA===

* Meets color-coded triage system (see below)
* Patient does not meet any of the trauma criteria listed above but, in the judgment of the EMT or paramedic, should be transported as a trauma alert (document a required per 64J-1.014, FAC)

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! COMPONENT !! <font color="blue">BLUE </font>!!<font color="red"> RED</font>
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| AIRWAY<sup>1</sup> || || <font color="red">REQUIRES ACTIVE AIRWAY ASSISTANCE<sup>2</sup></font>
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| CONSCIOUSNESS || <font color="blue">SYMPTOMS OF AMNESIA <br /> LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS</font>||<font color="red"> ALTERED MENTAL STATUS<sup>3</sup> <br /> PRESENCE OF PARALYSIS OR <br /> LOSS OF SENSATION <br /> SUSPECTED SPINAL INJURY</font>
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| CIRCULATION || <font color="blue">LOSS OF RADIAL OR PEDAL PULSES<sup>4</sup> OR <br /> SYSTOLIC B/P < 90 mm hg</font> ||<font color="red"> FAINT / NONPALPABLE CAROTID PULSE OR <br /> FAINT / NONPALPABLE FEMORAL PULSE OR <br /> BP < 50 mm hg</font>
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| FRACTURE || <font color="blue">SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS OF A CLOSED LONG BONE FRACTURE (DOES NOT INCLUDE ISOLATED WRIST OR ANKLE FXs)</font> || <font color="red">OPEN LONG BONE FX.<sup>5</sup> OR <br /> MULTIPLE FX SITES OR <br /> MULTIPLE DISLOCATIONS (EXCEPT FOR ISOLATED WRIST OR ANKLE FX OR DISLOCATIONS)</font>

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| CUTANEOUS || ||<font color="red"> MAJOR SOFT TISSUE DISRUPTION<sup>6</sup> OR <br /> 2°/3° BURNS TO ≥ 10% TBSA OR <br /> AMPUTATION<sup>7</sup>, OR <br /> PENETRATING INJURIES TO HEAD, NECK OR TORSO<sup>8</sup></font>
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| SIZE ||<font color="blue"> ≤ 11 KILOGRAMS<sup>9</sup> (Kg)</font>|| 
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<font color="red">RED</font> = any one (1) transport as a trauma alert <font color="blue">BLUE</font> = any two (2) transport as a trauma alert

<sup>1</sup> Airway evaluation is designed to reflect the intervention required for effective care

<sup>2</sup> Patient requiring intubation, manual jaw thrust, continuous suctioning or use of airway adjuncts to assist ventilatory efforts

<sup>3</sup> Including drowsiness, lethargy, inability to follow commands, unresponsive to voice, totally unresponsive or coma

<sup>4</sup> Carotid and femoral pulses are palpable but, radial or pedal pulses are not palpable

<sup>5</sup> Humerus, (radius,ulna), femur, (tibia or fibula)

<sup>6</sup> Major degloving injuries or major flap avulsions

<sup>7</sup> Amputations proximal to the wrist or ankle

<sup>8</sup> Excluding superficial wounds in which the depth of the wound can be easily determined

<sup>9</sup> Or body length is equivalent to this weight on the Broselow tape (the equivalent of 33 inches in measurement or less)