The Predictive Value of Shock Index in Rural Trauma Triage, Morbidity, and Mortality.

The article focuses on the utility of Shock Index (SI) in predicting morbidity and mortality in trauma patients transferred from critical access centers to rural level 1 trauma centers. Topics include the calculation and analysis of SI values in different patient cohorts, the correlation between SI and outcomes such as hospital length of stay and mortality, and the comparison of SI values at the transferring facility and upon arrival at the tertiary care facility.