AAAM and the IISC are proud to announce the release of AIS 2005 © - Update 2008. Since the AIS 2005 was implemented internationally over the last three years several issues have been brought to the International Injury Scaling Committee’s attention. In response, new rules and guidelines have been included in the Update 2008 version to clarify usage and assure appropriate assignment of AIS codes. Several new codes have been added and minor errors have been corrected. Additionally, the Functional Capacity Index has been finalized and is now included. The result is AIS 2005-Update 2008. AIS 2005 was a major revision, expansion and improvement to the AIS 98 Update. It reflects input from medical specialties, academic research, governmental agencies, and industry. Improvements include: Comparability with other injury scoring systems such as the Organ Injury Scales of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma and the Fracture Classification system of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA). The Extremities and Pelvis chapter is the result of a collaborative effort with OTA that reflects current clinical descriptions of skeletal and joint injuries and is designed to meet the needs of biomechanics researchers and automotive design engineers as well as clinical users. Introduction of a scheme to include injury locators (e.g. aspect, side) Increase in the number of injury descriptors, including codes for bilateral injuries where threat to life or impairment is worse when those injuries occur bilaterally Inclusion of new graphics in Face, Thorax, Abdomen and Extremities and Pelvis chapters Inclusion of new and expanded rules and guidelines within the chapters designed to assist the coder in correctly assigning injury codes Options to match severity codes between AIS 98 and AIS 2005 The AIS was developed to provide researchers with a simple numerical method for ranking and comparing injuries by severity and to standardize the terminology used to describe injuries. The AIS is universally accepted as the foundation of injury severity scaling systems. AAAM’s International Injury Scaling Committee (IISC) is the parent organization of the AIS. AAAM initially developed the scale in 1971 and has provided periodic updates and continuous support since that time. (Author/publisher)
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