A pilot multicentre cluster randomised trial to compare the effect of trauma life support training programmes on patient and provider outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Trauma accounts for nearly 10% of the global burden of disease. Several trauma life support programmes aim to improve trauma outcomes. There is no evidence from controlled trials to show the effect of these programmes on patient outcomes. We describe the protocol of a pilot study that aims to assess the feasibility of conducting a cluster randomised controlled trial comparing advanced trauma life support (ATLS) and primary trauma care (PTC) with standard care.

Methods and analysis

We will pilot a pragmatic three-armed parallel, cluster randomised controlled trial in India, where neither of these programmes are routinely taught. We will recruit tertiary hospitals and include trauma patients and residents managing these patients. Two hospitals will be randomised t

SUBMITTER: Gerdin Warnberg M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9016405 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature