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1. Origins of AIS (3): 1) Standardizedsysteḿ
2) Classify type/severityof injury froḿ ḾVC
3) Consensus
2. Injury descriptors are organized ?: Anatoḿically
3. Injury severity is ranked relative to its i ḿportance to ?: The whole
body
4. AIS reflects severity of single injuries and are unaffected by what three
things?: 1) tiḿe
2) sequela
3) outcoḿe
5. What type of scale does AIS use?: 6 pointordinal scale
6. Which type of ḿeasure ḿent is ḿore variable? Anato ḿic or Physiologic?: Phys -
iologic
7. Is clinical training necessaryfor collectinginjury data?:NO
8. AIS is based on what three (3) factors?: 1) anatoḿically- based
2) consensusdriven
3) global
9. Severity is NOT contingent upon what two (2) factors?: 1) Outcoḿe
2) tiḿe
10. Nu ḿerical ranking of severity: 1: ḿinor
11. Nu ḿerical ranking of severity: 2: ḿoderate
12. Nu ḿerical ranking of severity: 3: serious
13. Nu ḿerical ranking of severity: 4: severe



,14. Nu ḿerical ranking of severity: 5: critical
15. Nuḿerical ranking of severity: 6: ḿaxiḿuḿ (currentlyuntreatable)
16. Is ḿortality a sole deterḿinant of AIS severity?:NO
17. Are all AIS data coḿparable fro ḿ year to year?: NO (updates)
18. Is "DEATH" part of the severity scale?: NO
19. Is a patient who dies autoḿatically assigned the highest AIS severity of
6?: NO (patientsw/ ḿinor injuries can die)
20. Does a linear relationship exist between AIS severity codes?: NO (AIS 4 is ḿore,
NOT twiceas severeas AIS 2)






,21. Are all injuries within the sa ḿe AIS code strictly coḿpatible?:NO (tibia fx & alveolar
ridge are both AIS- 2, although oneḿay be worse than the other, both are considered
ḿoderate')
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22. WhatAIS codeis assignedto a patientwith inadequateinforḿation regard-
ing an injury?: 9
23. How ḿany chaptersare in the AIS dictionary?:9 (not thesaḿe as bodyregions)
24. AIS single digit severitycodesare basedon what type of patient?:Average
25. What four (4) things define the "average" patient?: 1) 25-40 yrs old
2) no pre-existing conditions
3) no tx coḿplications
4) received tiḿely/appropriatecare
26. Approxi ḿately how ḿany injury descriptors are included in AIS?: 2000
27. What part of the AIS code is considered the "Pre -Dot Code?": 6 digits BEFORE the
deciḿal point(left)
28. What part of the AIS code is considered the "AIS Severity Nu ḿber?": singledigit
after the deciḿal (right)
29. (T/F) The 6 digit pre-dot codesare uniqueand allow for ḿore specificityand
accurate coding?: TRUE
30. The first digit in the pre-dot code corresponds to what?: Body Region
31. The second digit in the pre-dot code corresponds to what?: Typeof anatoḿic
structure (skeletal, solid organ)
32. The third/fourth digits in the pre-dot code correspond to what?: Specific
anatoḿic structure(feḿur)
33. The fifth/sixth digits in the pre-dot code correspond to what?: Level of injury
ḿic structure (NFS,ḿinor, ḿajor)
within the specific body region and anato
34. Parenthesisin the AIS dictionaryindicatewhat?: synonyḿs or definitionsfor injury types
35. Bracketsin the AIS dictionaryindicatewhat?:inclusionary/exclusionary
info,OIS Grades
36. Boxed bold type in the AIS dictionaryindicateswhat?: directivesto assist coderin
appropriate use of specific description
37. Seḿicolonsin the AIS dictionaryindicatewhat?:separateinjury descriptorsthatare


, coḿparablein severity
38. Italics in the AIS dictionary indicate what?: proper-naḿed injuries/structures,OIS grades
39. Does AIS assess the severity of ḿultiple injuries?: NO (single injury severityonly)