Pediatric Trauma Score (Tepas)
Pediatric Trauma Score (Tepas 1987): six components each -1 / +1 / +2, total -6..+12; a score <= 8 indicates increased mortality and prompts transfer to a pediatric trauma center.
Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Weight
- 2
- Airway
- 2
- Systolic BP
- 2
- CNS
- 1
- Open wound
- 2
- Skeletal
- 1
Result: Pediatric Trauma Score 10 — lower risk (> 8).
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What the result means
- > 8
- Lower mortality risk.
- <= 8
- Increased mortality; transfer to a pediatric trauma center (6 components each -1/+1/+2). A triage score, not a diagnosis.
What you enter
- Weight (> 20 kg / 10-20 kg / < 10 kg)
- Airway (normal / maintainable / unmaintainable)
- Systolic BP (> 90 / 50-90 / < 50)
- CNS (awake / obtunded / comatose)
- Open wound (none / minor / major)
- Skeletal (none / closed / open-multiple)
How this is calculated
Tepas JJ 3rd, Mollitt DL, Talbert JL, Bryant M. The pediatric trauma score as a predictor of injury severity in the injured child. J Pediatr Surg. 1987;22(1):14-18. Read the source ↗
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