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Standardized Comparison of Triage in EMS

NCT00468780 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 928

Last updated 2014-05-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The objective of this study is to evaluate the reliability and validity of acuity estimates by paramedics employing the Canadian Triage Acuity Scale (CTAS) in the out of hospital setting. The study has the potential to help guide policy decisions pertaining to the safe transfer of ambulance patients to alternative destinations reducing ED overcrowding and ambulance off load time. Emergency Department triage nurses employ the same acuity scale and if this study is successful the emergency departments and the EMS services could communicate about capacity to handle patients based on acuity, volumes and waiting times.

Conditions

  • Healthy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Unity Health Toronto

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Laurie Morrison, MD · Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-02-28
Primary Completion
2009-07-31
Completion
2009-07-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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