INSTITUTE FOR ALGORITHMIC MEDICINE
Mangled Extremity Severity Score
Purpose: To use the Mangled Extremity Severity Score to grade the injury and guide decision making.     About Algorithm

 patient's age in years     Years  
 number of hours during which limb perfusion compromised     Hours  
Click the appropriate column for each clinical finding (give only 1 answer per row)
  low energy medium energy high energy massive crush  
  skeletal and soft   tissue injury          
   stable in field       and OR    transient   hypotension prolonged   hypotension    
  blood pressure    status        
  none mild moderate advanced  
  limb ischemia    status          
   
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