Protocol for a prospective observational study to improve prehospital notification of injured patients presenting to trauma centres in India.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Prehospital notification of injured patients enables prompt and timely care in hospital through adequate preparation of trauma teams, space, equipment and consumables necessary for resuscitation, and may improve outcomes. In India, anecdotal reports suggest that prehospital notification, in those few places where it occurs, is unstructured and not linked to a well-defined hospital response. The aim of this manuscript is to describe, in detail, a study protocol for the evaluation of a formalised approach to prehospital notification.

Methods and analysis

This is a longitudinal prospective cohort study of injured patients being transported by ambulance to major trauma centres in India. In the preintervention phase, prospective data on patients will be collected on

SUBMITTER: Mitra B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5541604 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature