Preventable Trauma Death Rate in South Korea.

Preventable trauma deaths were determined in each trauma center through a multidisciplinary panel review based on the World Health Organization guidelines for trauma quality improvement programs. The head of the preventable death panel leads the discussion to determine whether the death was (1) preventable, (2) potentially preventable, (3) nonpreventable, or (4) non-preventable but with inadequate care.4) TABLE 1 shows the definitions of each item.6)