Health Condition 1: S00-T88- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Advanced Trauma Life Support® Training: The intervention will be ATLS® training, a proprietary 2.5 day course teaching a standardised approach to trauma patient care using the concepts
Sponsors
Martin Gerdin Wärnberg
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Age of at least 15 years. 2. Present to the emergency department of participating hospitals with a history of trauma defined as having any of the reasons listed in the International Classification of Diseases chapter XX as the reason for presenting. 3. Admitted or died between arrival at the hospital and admission, or referred/transferred from the emergency department of a participating hospital to another hospital for admission. 4. Trauma occurred less than 48 hours before arrival at the hospital.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients participants are excluded if they meet the following criteria: 1) present with isolated limb injuries; or 2) are directly admitted to a ward without being seen by a physician in the emergency department.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcome will be all-cause mortality.Timepoint: within 30 days of arrival at the emergency department. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| All-cause mortalityTimepoint: within 24 hours and 3 months of arrival at the emergency department.;In-hospital mortalityTimepoint: within 30 days of arrival at the emergency department.;Quality of life (EQ5D3L)Timepoint: within 7 days of discharge, and at 30 days and 3 months of arrival at the emergency department.;WHO Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0)Timepoint: within 7 days of discharge, and at 30 days and 3 months of arrival at the emergency department.;Return to workTimepoint: 30 days and 3 months after arrival at the emergency department.;Length of emergency department stayTimepoint: Data on this outcome will be collected from patient hospital records.;Length of hospital stayTimepoint: Data on this outcome will be collected from patient hospital records.;Intensive care unit admissionTimepoint: Data on this outcome will be collected from patient hospital records.;Length of intensive care unit stayTimepoint: Data on this outcome will be collected from patient hospital records. | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactAbhinav Bassi
The George Institute for Global Health, India
Outcome results
None listed