An Evaluation of the World Health Organization Trauma Care Checklist

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Resuscitation of severely injured patients by health care workers in the emergency room; Public Health - Health promotion/education

• Registration Number: ACTRN12611000493943
• Lead Sponsor: World Health Organization

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2011-05-11
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 3200

Inclusion Criteria

Health care workers treating severely injured patients during the first hour of their admission to the emergency room

Exclusion Criteria

Health care workers who do not wish to participate in the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Adherence to items on the checklist by health care workers as measured by observation and chart review.[During the resuscitation of severely injured patients health care workers will be observed both before and after checklist implementation. The before period for each site will be between 4 and 6 months and the after period will be between 6 and 8 months.];morbidity of patients being treated by health care workers will be measured by chart review at the time of patient discharge.[morbidity of patients being treated by health care workers will be measured by chart review at the time of patient discharge both before and after checklist implementation. The before period for each site will be between 4 and 6 months and the after period will be between 6 and 8 months.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
mortality of patients being treated by health care workers measured by chart review at time time of patient discharge.[mortality of patients being treated by health care workers measured by chart review at time time of patient discharge both before and after checklist implementation. The before period for each site will be between 4 and 6 months and the after period will be between 6 and 8 months.]