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NCT Number: NCT04034797

AmbulaNCE Teletransmited PHOtography for Trauma REgulation

Physicians in charge of medical regulation within French SAMU have to take difficult decisions regarding patient's orientation (in or out-of hospital care) but suffer from lack of information. Such information usually consist in a simple phone conversation without any visual information. Visual assesment of the situation would be of great help, especially for traumatized patients.

Private Ambulance societies all over territory in charge of SAMU 86 now work with teletransmission devices allowing photography transmission.

The objective of the study is to determine if routine use of teletransmitted photography help SAMU 86's physians for a better orientation of non-severe traumatized patients, especially by avoiding unnecessary transportations to Emergency Departments.

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Key information

Conditions

Trauma Telemedicine Wounds and Injuries

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

CHU Poitiers

Poitiers, Aquitaine, 86000, France

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Emergency call at SAMU for trauma issue
  • Pre-hospital management by private ambulance equipped with teletransmission device

Exclusion criteria

  • Severe trauma with need of a pre-hospital emergency medical team
  • Traffic accident
  • Head trauma associated with anticoagulant therapy or platelet antiagregant therapy
  • Pre-hospital management by firefighters

Treatment and study plan

Photography teletransmission

Other

A photography of the trauma is teletransmitted to SAMU's physician

No photo

Other

Usual management without photography teletransmission

Primary outcomes

  1. Impact of Photography on patient orientation

    Time frame: 1 - 2 hours

    Number of patient dispatched anywhere else than the local hospital after ambulance assesement.

    Either the patient was dispatched to a higher level hospital (i.e. if the local hospital doesn't provide surgical facility when the patient needs it) or he was leaved at home and oriented to a general practitioner.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Undertriage

    Time frame: 10 days

    To evaluate the number of patients initially oriented to out-of hospital care that needed to go to emergency department during following days

  2. Overtriage

    Time frame: 10 days

    To evaluate the number of patients initially oriented to in-hospital care when it wasn't necessary

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Poitiers University Hospital

Other

Registry information

Acronym: NiCEPHORE

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2021
Study completion
2021
First posted
Jul 26, 2019
Registry last updated
Feb 21, 2022

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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