The impact of the Trauma Triage App on prehospital trauma triage: design of a stepped-wedge, cluster randomized trial
- Conditions
- trauma, injuries, undertriage, overtriage
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON28177
- Lead Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center+, Utrecht University Medical Center
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 14976
Inclusion Criteria
All patients, 18 years of age or older, with suspected moderate to severe injuries (Injury Severity Score 9 or higher), evaluated on-scene by one of participating Emergency Medical Services that are transported to a participating emergency department.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients death on arrival at the initial receiving emergency department.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ndertriage, defined as the transportation of a severely injured patient (Injury Severity Score ≥16) transported from the scene of injury to a lower-level trauma center.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method on-compliance analysis of the primary outcome; overtriage, defined as the transportation of non-severely injured patients (ISS < 16) from the scene of injury to a higher-level trauma center; hospital length of stay; number of admissions to the Intensive Care Unit; length of stay at the Intensive Care Unit; cost-effectiveness analysis