The accuracy of prehospital triage decisions in English trauma networks - a case-cohort study.

Gordon Ward FullerJ BairdS KeatingJ MillerR PilberyN KeanK McKneeJ TurnerF LeckyA EdwardsA RosserR FothergillS BlackF BellM SmythJ E SmithG D PerkinsE HerbertS WaltersC Coopernull null

Published in: Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine (2024)

Prehospital decision making for injured patients in English trauma networks demonstrated high specificity and low sensitivity, consistent with the targets for cost-effective triage defined in previous economic evaluations. Actual triage decisions differed from theoretical triage tool results, with a decreasing sensitivity and increasing specificity from younger to older ages.

Keyphrases

emergency department
trauma patients
cardiac arrest
end stage renal disease
decision making
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
emergency medical
middle aged
community dwelling
patient reported