Priority accuracy by dispatch centers and Emergency Medical Services professionals in trauma patients: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Priority-setting by dispatch centers and Emergency Medical Services professionals has a major impact on pre-hospital triage and times of trauma patients. Patients requiring specialized care benefit from expedited transport to higher-level trauma centers, while transportation of these patients to lower-level trauma centers is associated with higher mortality rates. This study aims to evaluate the accuracy of priority-setting by dispatch centers and Emergency Medical Services professionals.

Methods

This observational study included trauma patients transported from the scene of injury to a trauma center. Priority-setting was evaluated in terms of the proportion of patients requiring specialized trauma care assigned with the highest priority (i.e., sensitivity), undertri

SUBMITTER: Waalwijk JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9001562 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature