Non-severe Traumatic Injuries Evaluation Using smartPhone Camera for Extra-hospital Regulation

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Mild Traumatic Injury; Pre-hospital Dispatching; Visioconference
• Interventions: Procedure: Control

• Registration Number: NCT05404425
• Lead Sponsor: Poitiers University Hospital

Brief Summary

Photography teletransmission allow a better and optimized dispatching of patients calling an Emergency Medical Call Center (EMCC) for a mild traumatic injury. It has previously been studied for patients to whom an ambulance was sent and therefore presumed to be older or with co-morbidities. The present trial aim to evaluate in the general population, the effect of a smartphone-mediated visioconference in the dispatching of patients calling an EMCC for mild traumatic injury.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-05-31
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-05-31
• Study First Posted: 2022-06-03
• Study Start: 2022-07-08
• Primary Completion: 2023-10-19
• Study Completion: 2023-10-30
• Status Verified: 2023-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-11-16
• Last Update Posted: 2023-11-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 168

Inclusion Criteria

• adult patients (≥18 years of age),
• free of will (not under any guardianship or liberty privation),
• suffering from Mild Traumatic Injury,
• availability of a smartphone with internet connection for the patients or witness,
• consenting to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

• severe trauma requiring immediate medical assistance
• trauma associated with head injury, on antiplatelet therapy (APT) or anti-coagulation therapy (ACT)

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Standard Procedure	Control	Usual management of patients

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Proportion of patients dispatched elsewhere than to the nearest hospital	1 year	Proportion of patients dispatched elsewhere than to the nearest hospital (left at home for outpatient care / referred to a higher-level hospital / handled by MICA for advanced pre-hospital medical care)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Under-triage	1 year	Under-triage : the proportion of patients initially left at home for outpatient care who had to visit an ED within the 10 following days for care related to the initial traumatic injury
Over-triage	1 year	Over-triage : the proportion of patients initially dispatched to an ED who could have underwent outpatient care

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Chu of Poitiers; 🇫🇷 Poitiers, France