biostudies-literatureGerdin Warnberg MSwedish Research CouncilLaerdal Foundation for Acute Medicinee057504https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9016405biostudies-literatureUnknown12(4)<h4>Introduction</h4>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.<h4>Methods and analysis</h4>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 tBMJ openA pilot multicentre cluster randomised trial to compare the effect of trauma life support training programmes on patient and provider outcomes.PMC90164052021-00402020-03779Ghag GKumar VSolomon HTrauma life support training Effectiveness Research Network (TERN) collaboratorsTandon MKhajanchi MChatterjee AJuillard CKundu DHasselberg MBhandarkar PPatil PDavid SKizhakke Veetil DSingh RChatterjee SFellander-Tsai LRoy NBerg JRoy AStrommer LSoni KDGadgil AChintamani CMishra AGerdin Warnberg MfalseA pilot multicentre cluster randomised trial to compare the effect of trauma life support training programmes on patient and provider outcomes.<h4>Introduction</h4>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.<h4>Methods and analysis</h4>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 t2022-01-01T00:00:00Z2022 Apr2025-04-04T20:50:19.803Z2025-02-19T01:23:31.785ZS-EPMC90164053543725110.1136/bmjopen-2021-057504