Abbreviated Injury Score (AIS) questions with
accurate answers
List examples of injuries that would be an AIS 6 Ans✓✓✓ C3 or higher
complete cord transection
Brainstem laceration/crush/transection
Heart rupture
Multiple heart lacerations
Bilateral ICA laceration
Liver avulsion
Total aorta severance
List the AIS regions Ans✓✓✓ Head, spine, face, thorax, upper
extremity, lower extremity, external
List the levels of AIS coding Ans✓✓✓ 1 = minor
2 = moderate
3 = serious
4 = severe
5 = critical
6 = maximal (untreatable)
What AIS is a BOS fracture with ossicle disruption and CSF leak?
Ans✓✓✓ AIS 4
accurate answers
List examples of injuries that would be an AIS 6 Ans✓✓✓ C3 or higher
complete cord transection
Brainstem laceration/crush/transection
Heart rupture
Multiple heart lacerations
Bilateral ICA laceration
Liver avulsion
Total aorta severance
List the AIS regions Ans✓✓✓ Head, spine, face, thorax, upper
extremity, lower extremity, external
List the levels of AIS coding Ans✓✓✓ 1 = minor
2 = moderate
3 = serious
4 = severe
5 = critical
6 = maximal (untreatable)
What AIS is a BOS fracture with ossicle disruption and CSF leak?
Ans✓✓✓ AIS 4
