NCT02559531

Reliability of the Swiss Emergency Triage Scale (SETS®) Used by Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Providers

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 23 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Geneva · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The Swiss Emergency Triage Scale (SETS) in used for triage in emergency departments in Switzerland, France and Belgium. No validated triage scale is actually used by Emergency Medical Service (EMS) providers. The objective of this project is to evaluate the reliability and performance of triage by EMS providers with the SETS.

Detailed description

The Swiss Emergency Triage Scale (SETS) in used for triage in emergency departments in Switzerland, France and Belgium. No validated triage scale is actually used by EMS providers. The objective of this project is to evaluate the reliability and performance of triage by EMS providers with the SETS. In order to perform this evaluation a cohort of 22 EMS providers will evaluate 28 standardized clinical scenarios using a computer simulator.

Conditions

• Emergency Medical Services
• Triage

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Mobile triage system	A mobile triage system used by EMS providers will be evaluated using standardized clinical vignettes

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-09-01
• Primary completion: 2015-11-01
• Completion: 2015-11-01
• First posted: 2015-09-24
• Last updated: 2015-12-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland