Primary Trauma Triage Performed by Bystanders: An Observation Study
| Autor: | Martin Nordberg, Maaret Castrén, Veronica Lindström |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent medicine.medical_treatment Trauma triage Emergency Nursing 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Emergency medical services Ambulance service Medicine First Aid Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Cardiopulmonary resuscitation Child CPR - Cardiopulmonary resuscitation Aged Aged 80 and over Sweden Trauma Severity Indices business.industry Accidents Traffic 030208 emergency & critical care medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Triage Emergency medicine Emergency Medicine Wounds and Injuries Observational study Female Medical emergency business |
| Zdroj: | Prehospital and disaster medicine. 31(4) |
| ISSN: | 1945-1938 1049-023X |
| Popis: | ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to evaluate whether bystanders with no training in triage can correctly prioritize three injured patients by using a triage instrument.MethodAn observational study was conducted. Participants performed a primary triage on three paper-based patient cases and answered 11 questions during a public event in the center of Stockholm, Sweden.ResultsA total of 69 persons participated in the study. The success rate among all the participants for correct triage of the three patient cases was 52 percent. The female participants and younger participants (ConclusionParticipants with no prior knowledge of triage instruments may be capable of triaging injured patients with the help of an easy triage instrument. The over- and under-triage percentages were low, and this may indicate that the developed triage instrument is relatively easy to use. It may also indicate that bystanders can identify a severely injured patient.NordbergM, CastrénM, LindströmV. Primary trauma triage performed by bystanders: an observation study. Prehosp Disaster Med.2016;31(4):353–357. |
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