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GOLDEN BASE · VISUALISATIONS

Data visualisations

Key indicators for Traumabase patients, across all centres, by year of hospital admission.

28 centres provided data for 2025.

Registered patients6,765
Severe trauma(ISS ≥ 16)44.8%3,030 patients
Traumatic brain injury(identified lesion or GCS < 13)33.7%2,277 patients
Hemorrhagic shock(≥ 4 RBC units within 6 h)4.8%325 patients
Surgery or interventional radiology(within 24 h of admission)43.9%2,973 patients
Orotracheal intubation(prehospital or in the trauma bay)24.1%1,629 patients
Catecholamines(prehospital or in the trauma bay)16.9%1,146 patients
Cardiac arrest(prehospital or in hospital)3.7%248 patients
Median hospital stay(intensive care and ward)11 days
Announced severity grade
Grade A
24.9%
Grade B
33.1%
Grade C
42.0%

Patient origin

Missing: 2 (0.0%)

  • Primaire5,394 (79.8%)
  • Secondaire808 (11.9%)
  • Primo-secondaire276 (4.1%)
  • Réorientation interne (SAU)225 (3.3%)
  • Propres moyens60 (0.9%)

Age (years)

0100200300
102030405060708090

Hospital stay

Missing: ICU stay 381 (5.6%) · Ward stay 478 (7.1%) · Mechanical ventilation 401 (5.9%)

ICU stay3 [1, 7]
Ward stay8 [3, 19]
Mechanical ventilation1 [0, 1]
0204060

Duration (days) · median [Q1, Q3]

ISS / SAPS (IGS) / SOFA scores

Missing: ISS 266 (3.9%) · SAPS (IGS) 378 (5.6%) · SOFA 326 (4.8%)

ISS13 [8, 24]
0204060
SAPS (IGS)26 [17, 41]
020406080
SOFA2 [0, 6]
051015

Score · median [Q1, Q3]

Injury mechanisms (penetrating: 13.5%)

Missing: 2 (0.0%)

6,763recorded mechanisms
  • Road traffic: car, truck, bus20.2%
  • Fall from height19.0%
  • Road traffic: powered two-wheeler17.5%
  • Stab wound9.0%
  • Fall from standing height6.3%
  • Road traffic: pedestrian5.9%
  • Road traffic: bicycle4.9%
  • Road traffic: powered personal mobility device3.9%
  • Blunt object (non-penetrating)3.7%
  • Gunshot wound3.1%
  • Mountain or outdoor activity accident2.5%
  • Other penetrating trauma1.4%
  • Other blunt trauma1.2%
  • Other transport (plane, boat, train, other)1.1%
  • Unknown0.4%

Source of bleeding

Missing: 336 (5.0%)

Hemoperitoneum257 (3.8%)
Retroperitoneal hemorrhage74 (1.1%)
Hemothorax141 (2.1%)
Orthopedic343 (5.1%)
Other187 (2.8%)

Traumabase V2 (CleanWeb V2) patients only. Data extracted on 07/09/2026. To protect patient confidentiality, years with fewer than 200 patients are not shown.

Missing: number and share of the year’s patients for whom the variable is ND (not available: expected but not found in the patient record) in the Golden Base. NA values (not applicable) are not counted as missing. For details on the markers, see the data usage guide.