[Validation of secondary triage algorithms for mass casualty incidents-A simulation-based study-German version].

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the event of a mass casualty incident (MCI), the situation-related shortage of medical resources does not end when the patients are transported from the scene of the incident. Consequently, an initial triage is required in the receiving hospitals. In the first step, the aim of this study was to create a reference patient vignette set with defined triage categories. This allowed a computer-aided evaluation of the diagnostic quality of triage algorithms for MCI situations in the second step.

Methods

A total of 250 case vignettes validated in practice were entered into a multistage evaluation process by initially 6 and later 36 triage experts. This algorithm-independent expert evaluation of all vignettes-served as the gold standard for analyzing the diagnostic qua

SUBMITTER: Heller AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10322965 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature