Towards exploring current challenges and future opportunities relating to the prehospital triage of patients with traumatic brain injury: a mixed-methods study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major global health burden that results in disability and loss of health. Identifying those patients who require specialist neuroscience care can be challenging due to the low accuracy of existing prehospital trauma triage tools. Despite the widespread use of decision aids to 'rule out' TBI in hospitals, they are not widely used in the prehospital environment. We aim to provide a snapshot of current prehospital practices in the UK, and to explore facilitators and challenges that may be encountered when adopting new tools for decision support.

Methods and analysis

A mixed-methods study will be conducted using a convergent design approach. In the first phase, we will conduct a national survey of current practice in which every par

SUBMITTER: Alqurashi N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10008429 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature