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Table 2-2

Revised Trauma Score: Trauma Scoring Systems

Revised Trauma Score (RTS)RateScore
A. Respiratory rate (breaths/min)10–294
>293
6–92
1–51
00
B. Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)>894
76–893
50–752
1–491
00
C. Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) conversion13–154
9–123
6–82
4–51
30

NOTE: RTS = 0.9368 GCS + 0.7326 systolic blood pressure + 0.2908 respiratory rate. The RTS correlates well with the probability of survival.