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Triage Nurse Initiated Radiographs According to OAR

NCT01654393 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 142

Last updated 2012-09-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of the study is to help doctors in emergency departments know whether triage nurse initiated radiographs, in accordance to the Ottawa ankle rule, before emergency physician assessment will shorten emergency patients' visit. The investigators will examine the number of missed fractures between the two groups, the emergency physicians' willingness to apply OAR and triage nurses' satisfaction.

Conditions

  • Ankle Fracture

Interventions

OTHER

Triage nurses applying the OAR

Triage nurses applying the OAR during assessment and ordering foot/ankle x-rays as necessary.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of British Columbia

    collaborator OTHER

  • Vancouver Coastal Health

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Lyne Filiatrault, MD, FRCPC · Vancouver Coastal Health Authorities

  • Wailliam W Lee, MD · Vancouver Costal Health Authorities

  • Ryiad Abu-Laban, MD, MHSc, FRCPC · Vancouver Costal Health Authorities

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-07-31
Primary Completion
2013-01-31
Completion
2013-02-28

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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