A Feasibility Study to Assess Pre Admission Status and Six Month Outcomes After Major Trauma

Currently there is no standardised way of obtaining details about a patients pre-admission level of function. the process of gaining this history is often done by several different people with no standard questions asked.

There is also a need to be able to measure what happens to patients after they leave ICU, and compare their abilities to preadmission status.

This feasibility study will aim to investigate:

• the time taken to train the physiotherapy team in the use of the outcome measure
• the ability to obtain pre admission functional status from patients/friend/relative on admission to ICU
• the ability to follow patients up at 6 months post discharge with re-assessment of the outcome measure

Inclusion criteria

• Participant is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study
• Participants relative or friend (consultee) is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study (where the patient is unable to give informed consent)
• Male or Female, aged 18 years or above
• Injury Severity Score greater than 9
• Admitted as an emergency to AICU
• Experienced at least 24 hours level three care during their admission

Exclusion criteria

• Non UK resident (due to potential loss to follow up)
• Unwilling to consent
• No GP details available
• Patients with a palliative diagnosis or established on a palliative treatment pathway