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CAISS Study Guide Exam Questions and Answers Updated (Verified Answers) 1.Origins of AIS (3) ANS 1) Standardized system 2)Classify type/severity of injury from MVC 3)Consensus 2.Injury descriptors are organized ? ANS Anatomi- cally 3.Injur y severity is ranked relative to its importance to
? ANS -
The whole body 4.AIS reflects severity of single injuries and are unaffected by what three things ? ANS 1) time 2)sequela 3)outcome 1 / 3
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5.What type of scale does AIS use ? ANS 6 point ordinal scale 6.Which type of measurement is more variable? Anatomic or Physiologic
? ANS -
Physiologic 7.Is clinical training necessary for collecting injury data
? ANS NO
8.AIS is based on what three (3) factors ? ANS 1) anatomically- based 2)consensus driven 3)global 9.Severity is NOT contingent upon what two (2) factors ? ANS 1) Outcome 2) time 10.Is mortality a sole determinant of AIS severity
? ANS NO
11.Are all AIS data comparable from year to year ? ANS NO (updates) 2 / 3
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12.Is "DEATH" part of the severity scale
? ANS NO
13.Is a patient who dies automatically assigned the highest AIS severity of 6 ? ANS NO (patients w/ minor injuries can die) 14.Does a linear relationship exist between AIS severity codes ? ANS NO (AIS 4 is more, NOT twice as severe as AIS 2) 15.Are all injuries within the same AIS code strictly compatible ? ANS NO (tibia fx & alveolar ridge are both AIS - 2, although one may be worse than the other, both are considered 'moderate') 16.What AIS code is assigned to a patient with inadequate information regard- ing an injury
? ANS 9
17.AIS single digit severity codes are based on what type of patient ? ANS Average
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