Abbreviated
Injury Scale (AIS) 2005 – Update 2008
Manuals and CDs
AAAM and the IISC
are proud to announce the release of AIS 2005 © - Update 2008.
Since the AIS 2005 was implemented internationally over the last
three years several issues have been brought to the International
Injury Scaling Committee’s attention. In response, new rules
and guidelines have been included in the Update 2008 version to
clarify usage and assure appropriate assignment of AIS codes. Several
new codes have been added and minor errors have been corrected.
Additionally, the Functional Capacity Index has been finalized and is
now included. The result is AIS 2005-Update 2008.
AIS 2005 was
a major revision, expansion and improvement to the AIS 98 Update. It
reflects input from medical specialties, academic research,
governmental agencies, and industry.
Improvements
include:
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Comparability
with other injury scoring systems such as the Organ Injury Scales of
the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma and the Fracture
Classification system of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA).
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The Extremities
and Pelvis chapter is the result of a collaborative effort with OTA
that reflects current clinical descriptions of skeletal and joint
injuries and is designed to meet the needs of biomechanics
researchers and automotive design engineers as well as clinical
users.
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Introduction of a
scheme to include injury locators (e.g. aspect, side)
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Increase in the
number of injury descriptors, including codes for bilateral injuries
where threat to life or impairment is worse when those injuries
occur bilaterally
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Inclusion of new
graphics in Face, Thorax, Abdomen and Extremities and Pelvis
chapters
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Inclusion of new
and expanded rules and guidelines within the chapters designed to
assist the coder in correctly assigning injury codes
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Options to match
severity codes between AIS 98 and AIS 2005
The AIS was
developed to provide researchers with a simple numerical method for
ranking and comparing injuries by severity and to standardize the
terminology used to describe injuries. The AIS is universally
accepted as the foundation of injury severity scaling systems. AAAM’s
International Injury Scaling Committee (IISC) is the parent
organization of the AIS. AAAM initially developed the scale in 1971
and has provided periodic updates and continuous support since that
time.
Copies of the AIS
2005-Update 2008 Manual or a non-searchable CD may be purchased for
$225 (North America) or $250 (outside of North America) from our
online bookstore. Those outside of North America requiring expedited
service or insured delivery, please email AAAM at
info@aaam.org
for shipping
costs.
Site licenses for
the use of AIS 2005 may also be purchased. Please email the AAAM at
info@aaam.org and indicate the number of anticipated users and the
nature of your organization. A representative will contact you.
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Abbreviated
Injury Scale (AIS) 1990 - Update 98
The
AIS was developed to
provide researchers with a simple numerical method for ranking and
comparing injuries by severity, and to standardize the terminology used to
describe injuries. The AIS
is universally accepted as the foundation of injury severity scaling
systems. AAAM's Committee on Injury Scaling is the parent organization of
the AIS.
The
following improvements have been incorporated:
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Extensive
rules and specific instructions throughout the dictionary which adhere
to standardized coding principles
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Clarification
of the rules for calculating the Injury Severity Score when external
injuries occur
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Inclusion
of the Organ Injury Scale (OIS) grading system developed by the
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma where these scores have
appropriate matches to existing injury descriptions in the dictionary
to facilitate wider application in clinical research
Latest
edition 1998. (80 pages, spiral bound format, size 8 1/2" x 11")
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Head
Injury Mechanisms 1987
Published
proceedings of a symposium led by specialists in head injury biomechanics
to present the latest research knowledge, and discuss the adoption of
measurement methodologies to reflect the real world of head injuries.
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Head
Injury Mechanisms:
The Need for an Angular Acceleration Criterion 1989
A
report which continues and expands the discussion of Head Injury
Mechanisms 1987. It summarizes the current focus on head injury research
and provides a number of conclusions and recommendations.
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