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Table 8 The order of priority of the two patients arbitrarily alternates despite an identical degradation of one of their AIS grades

From: The injury severity score: an operations perspective

Patient

Patient 1

Patient 2

Initial ISS Profile

(4,4,0)

(5,2,2)

Initial ISS

32

33

Change

[0,+1,0]

[0,+1,0]

Resulting ISS Profile

(5,4,0)

(5,3,2)

Resulting ISS

41

38

Change

[0,0,+1]

[0,0,+1]

Resulting ISS Profile

(5,4,1)

(5,3,3)

Resulting ISS

42

43