Non-severe Traumatic Injuries Evaluation Using smartPhone Camera for Extra-hospital Regulation

NCT05404425 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: NIEPCE Trial
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 168
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Photography teletransmission allow a better and optimized dispatching of patients calling an Emergency Medical Call Center (EMCC) for a mild traumatic injury. It has previously been studied for patients to whom an ambulance was sent and therefore presumed to be older or with co-morbidities. The present trial aim to evaluate in the general population, the effect of a smartphone-mediated visioconference in the dispatching of patients calling an EMCC for mild traumatic injury.

Conditions

Mild Traumatic Injury; Pre-hospital Dispatching; Visioconference

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Proportion of patients dispatched elsewhere than to the nearest hospital

  Proportion of patients dispatched elsewhere than to the nearest hospital (left at home for outpatient care / referred to a higher-level hospital / handled by MICA for advanced pre-hospital medical care)

  1 year

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Under-triage

  1 year

• Over-triage

  1 year

Study Arms (2)

Visioconference: live visual injury evaluation

EXPERIMENTAL

For patients randomized in the intervention group, a live visual evaluation of the injury is performed by the Emergency Medical Call Center physician using a dedicated, secure smartphone app

Procedure: Visioconference: live visual injury evaluation

Standard Procedure

OTHER

Usual management of patients

Procedure: Control

Interventions

Visioconference: live visual injury evaluation PROCEDURE

For patients randomized in the intervention group, a live visual evaluation of the injury is performed by the Emergency Medical Call Center physician using a dedicated, secure smartphone app

Visioconference: live visual injury evaluation

Control PROCEDURE

For patients randomized in the control group, the evaluation is performed by the Emergency Medical Call Center physician only by pone call

Standard Procedure

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• adult patients (≥18 years of age),
• free of will (not under any guardianship or liberty privation),
• suffering from Mild Traumatic Injury,
• availability of a smartphone with internet connection for the patients or witness,
• consenting to participate in the study

You may not qualify if:

• severe trauma requiring immediate medical assistance
• trauma associated with head injury, on antiplatelet therapy (APT) or anti-coagulation therapy (ACT)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Poitiers University Hospital: lead

Study Sites (1)

Chu of Poitiers

Poitiers, 86021, France

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: DIAGNOSTIC
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 31, 2022
• First Posted: June 3, 2022
• Study Start: July 8, 2022
• Primary Completion: October 19, 2023
• Study Completion: October 30, 2023
• Last Updated: November 18, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-11

Locations

FR (1)