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EUNICECSTR Exam #4 WITH QUESTIONS AND 100% SURE ANSWERS
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Abbreviated Injury Scale. Anatomical Scoring system that ranks accident severity.
AIS
Used by emergency medical personnel.
1. Head/Neck
2.Face
3.Chest/Thorax
AIS Body Regions
4.Abd/Pelvic Contents
5.Extremities/Pelvic Girdle
6.External-Skin & Burns
AIS Body Regions Combines for ISS Body Head and Neck
region 1
Contain synonyms for specific type of injury, provide a definition for the injury
AIS Code Descriptions-Parenthesis
description
AIS Code Descriptions-Boxed Bold Type Contains directives to assist the coder in the appropriate use of specific description.
Contain inclusionary or exclusionary information, contain organ injury scale grade
AIS Code Descriptions-Brackets
(OIS 3)
AIS Code Descriptions-Italics Used for proper-names anatomical structures or injuries, and for OIS grades
AIS Code Descriptions-Semicolons Separate injury descriptions that are comparable in severity
AIS Codes-Fifth and Sixth digit Level of injury within the specific body region and anatomic structure
AIS Codes-First dot Body Region
AIS Codes-Post dot AIS Injury Severity Number
AIS Codes-Second digit Type of Anatomic Structure
AIS Codes-Third and Fourth digit Specific Anatomic Structure
Body Region, Type of Anatomic Structure, Specific Anatomic Structure, Level,
AIS Components
Decimal, AIS
Body Region (1st number), Type of Anatomic Structure (2nd number), Specific
AIS Components-Breakdown
Anatomic Structure (3rd-4th), Level (5th-6th), Decimal, AIS Severity Number=3
7 Digit Unique Numerical Identifier-Pre Dot Code: 6 digits to the left of the decimal
AIS Components-Numerical Identifier point. AIS Severity Number: a single digit to the right of the decimal point, Injury
Description-text, Reference-to AIS 98 and FCI
1/5
, AIS Injury Scale-How many body regions? 6
AIS main body region numbers Face
corresponding with AIS scores-2
AIS main body region numbers Chest/Thorax
corresponding with AIS scores-3
AIS main body region numbers Abdomen and Lumbar Spine
corresponding with AIS scores-4
AIS main body region numbers Extremities,Shoulder, and Pelvis Girdle
corresponding with AIS scores-5
AIS main body region numbers External,Burns,Hypothermia,Asphyxiation,Drowning,Electrocution,and Full Body
corresponding with AIS scores-6 Explosion
AIS main body region numbers Head and Neck
corresponding with AIS scores-1
AIS post dot-1 Minor
AIS post dot-2 Moderate
AIS post dot-3 Serious
AIS post dot-4 Severe
AIS post dot-5 Critical
AIS post dot-6 Maximal (currently untreatable)
1.Minor
2.Moderate
3.Serious
4. Serious
AIS Values 5. Severe
6. Fatal-Maximum
7.X
8.X
9.Unknown
How many post dot digits in an AIS code? 1
How many pre dot digits in an AIS code? 6
LOC assigned an AIS code must be EMS
corroborated by?
Patient with AIS value of 6 has an ISS of? 75
A penetrating injuring to the brainstem c.6
would be assigned what AIS post dot brainstem + penetrating = 6
value? (brainstem is always at least 5 or 6, penetrating makes it a 6)
a.4
b.3
c.6
d.5
Provides researchers with a simple numerical method for ranking and comparing
Purpose of AIS
injuries by severity. Also, helps provide standardized injury terminology.
The severity of on injury for a patient 25-40 years old with no co-morbidities and
What does the AIS severity reflect?
with timely appropriate care.
2/5
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