SHOCK INDEX AS A PROGNOSTICATOR FOR EMERGENT SURGICAL INTERVENTION AND MORTALITY IN TRAUMA PATIENTS AT A TERTIARY HOSPITAL IN JOHANNESBURG: A MEDICAL RECORDS BASED RETROSPECTIVE COHORT REVIEW

To describe the demographics (Age, Gender, Population group) of patients presenting to the Trauma Unit. To describe the mechanism of injury (blunt/penetrating) of patients presenting to the Trauma Unit and their relationship to SI. To describe the distribution of anatomical regions and initial physiological parameters of injuries in terms of Injury Severity scores. To evaluate the relationship between the SI and need for emergent surgical intervention To describe the type of emergent surgical intervention performed. To describe the relationship between SI and in-hospital mortality.