An interventional study of Visioconference: live visual injury evaluation and Control in Mild Traumatic Injury, Pre-hospital Dispatching and Visioconference, sponsored by Poitiers University Hospital. Completed at 1 site in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-11-18.
Sponsored by Poitiers University Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Diagnostic
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.
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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
Procedure: Visioconference: live visual injury evaluation
Usual management of patients
Procedure: Control
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
For patients randomized in the control group, the evaluation is performed by the Emergency Medical Call Center physician only by pone call
Proportion of patients dispatched elsewhere than to the nearest hospital
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)
Time frame: 1 year
Under-triage
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
Time frame: 1 year
Over-triage
Over-triage : the proportion of patients initially dispatched to an ED who could have underwent outpatient care
Time frame: 1 year
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