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NCT Number: NCT05404425

Non-severe Traumatic Injuries Evaluation Using smartPhone Camera for Extra-hospital Regulation

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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Key information

Conditions

Mild Traumatic Injury Pre-hospital Dispatching Visioconference

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Chu of Poitiers

Poitiers, 86021, France

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

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)

Treatment and study plan

Visioconference: live visual injury evaluation

Procedure

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

Control

Procedure

For patients randomized in the control group, the evaluation is performed by the Emergency Medical Call Center physician only by pone call

Primary outcomes

  1. 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

  1. Under-triage

    Time frame: 1 year

    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

  2. Over-triage

    Time frame: 1 year

    Over-triage : the proportion of patients initially dispatched to an ED who could have underwent outpatient care

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Poitiers University Hospital

Other

Registry information

Acronym: NIEPCE

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Jun 3, 2022
Registry last updated
Nov 18, 2023

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