Non-severe Traumatic Injuries Evaluation Using smartPhone Camera for Extra-hospital Regulation
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Poitiers University Hospital
- Enrollment
- 168
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Proportion of patients dispatched elsewhere than to the nearest hospital
Study Overview
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.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Diagnostic
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
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)
Arms & Interventions
Visioconference: live visual injury evaluation
For patients randomized in the intervention group, a live visual evaluation of the injury is performed by the Emergency Medical Call Center physician using a dedicated, secure smartphone app
Intervention: Visioconference: live visual injury evaluation (Procedure)
Standard Procedure
Usual management of patients
Intervention: Control (Procedure)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Proportion of patients dispatched elsewhere than to the nearest hospital
Time Frame: 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 Outcomes
- Under-triage(1 year)
- Over-triage(1 year)