Performance of Sieve versus SwissPre Prehospital Triage Algorithms in a Simulated Mass-Casualty Incident: A Randomized Open-Label Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Triage is an essential process used to adequately allocate resources and thus increase chances of survival in case of mass-casualty incidents (MCIs). Several triage scales are currently used, but data regarding their performance remain scarce. The objective was to compare the performance of two prehospital triage algorithms (Sieve versus SwissPre) using a validated physiological simulator.

Methods

This was a web-based, randomized open-label study. A real-time evolutive simulator based on a heart-lung-brain interaction model embedding functional blocks was used to simulate the evolution of vital parameters. Participants, who were randomly allocated to either algorithm, were asked to triage 30 patients in random order. The primary outcome was the triage score (eac

SUBMITTER: Stuby L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12818972 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature