Your patient is the 24-year-old male victim of a drive-by shooting. He is sitting on the ground on your arrival, with his legs stretched in front of him. You note that his sweatpants are bloody below the right knee. He is alert, though complaining of right leg pain, and has adequate ventilation, as well as a radial pulse of 88. To decide if this patient should be transported quickly to a trauma center, you should consider if he meets which of the following?

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The CDC Guidelines for Field Triage of Injured Patients provide criteria for determining which patients should be transported to a trauma center. These criteria take into account factors such as mechanism of injury, vital signs, and anatomical injury criteria. Based on the information provided, the patient meets the criteria for transport to a trauma center according to the CDC guidelines. The Glasgow Coma Scale score and revised trauma score may also be useful in evaluating the patient, but they are not relevant to the decision of whether or not to transport to a trauma center.

Your Patient Is the 24-Year-Old Male Victim of a Drive-By