Reliability of the Swiss Emergency Triage Scale (SETS®) Used by Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Providers

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Emergency Medical Services; Triage
• Interventions: Device: Mobile triage system

• Registration Number: NCT02559531
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Geneva

Brief Summary

The Swiss Emergency Triage Scale (SETS) in used for triage in emergency departments in Switzerland, France and Belgium. No validated triage scale is actually used by Emergency Medical Service (EMS) providers. The objective of this project is to evaluate the reliability and performance of triage by EMS providers with the SETS.

Detailed Description

The Swiss Emergency Triage Scale (SETS) in used for triage in emergency departments in Switzerland, France and Belgium. No validated triage scale is actually used by EMS providers. The objective of this project is to evaluate the reliability and performance of triage by EMS providers with the SETS.

In order to perform this evaluation a cohort of 22 EMS providers will evaluate 28 standardized clinical scenarios using a computer simulator.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-09
• Study First Submitted: 2015-09-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-09-22
• Study First Posted: 2015-09-24
• Primary Completion: 2015-11
• Study Completion: 2015-11
• Status Verified: 2015-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-12-24
• Last Update Posted: 2015-12-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 23

Inclusion Criteria

• All EMS providers employed by a private ambulance company in the State of Geneva, Switzerland

Exclusion Criteria

• Not giving informed consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention group	Mobile triage system	EMS providers will evaluate computerized clinical scenarios using a mobile triage device

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Emergency level (1 to 4) accordingly to the SETS	1 day: all computeriez vignettes will be evaluated during a one-day session in November 2015.	Each participant will attribute an emergency level (1 to 4) to all clinical vignettes accordingly to SETS criteria. Reliability will be evaluated by computing inter-rater reliability using Kappa statistics.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Correct emergency triage level identification	1 day: all computeriez vignettes will be evaluated during a one-day session in November 2015.	Triage levels attributed by EMS providers will be compared with triage levels attributed by experts
Proper orientation	1 day: all computeriez vignettes will be evaluated during a one-day session in November 2015.	At the end of triage process, EMS providers have to decide in which hospitals the patients should be admitted. These orientations given by EMS providers will be compared with orientations attributed by experts

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

ED of Geneva University Hospitals; 🇨🇭 Geneva, Switzerland