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Table 6 An improvement for Patient 2 (decrease in ISS) is a degradation for Patient 1 (increase in ISS)

From: The injury severity score: an operations perspective

Patient

Patient 1

Patient 2

Initial ISS Profile

(5,4,3)

(4,4,4)

Initial ISS

50

48

Change

[0,+1,−2]

[0,+1,−2]

Resulting ISS Profile

(5,5,1)

(5,4,2)

Resulting ISS

51

45