None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate if using a checklist immediately after the resuscitation of severely injured patients in order to ensure that certain elements have not been forgotten improves care for those patients.
Interventions
Trauma Care Checklist to be used by the health care worker during the first one hour of resuscitation for severely injured patients who present to the emergency room. The purpose of the checklist is to help remind healthcare workers of certain key items in the initial resuscitation that should be completed for all severely injured patients. Health care workers will be assessed for a period of time before checklist implementation and after checklist implementation based on a stepped wedge interve
Trauma Care Checklist to be used by the health care worker during the first one hour of resuscitation for severely injured patients who present to the emergency room. The purpose of the checklist is to help remind healthcare workers of certain key items in the initial resuscitation that should be completed for all severely injured patients. Health care workers will be assessed for a period of time before checklist implementation and after checklist implementation based on a stepped wedge intervention design.
Sponsors
World Health Organization
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Intervention model
Single group
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
0 to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Health care workers treating severely injured patients during the first hour of their admission to the emergency room
Exclusion criteria
Health care workers who do not wish to participate in the study
Outcome results
None listed