Clinical trials: Emergency Department Triage
Triage
Triaging and Referring in Adjacent General and Emergency Departments
Introduction: Patients who might also go to the general practitioner (GP) frequently consult emergency departments (ED). This leads to additional costs for both government and patient and a high workload for emergency physicians…
- Trial name
- TRIAGE (NCT03793972)
- Testing
- Triage with referral to primary care, Usual care
- Where
- 2 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 8,158 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universiteit Antwerpen
Acute Back Injury
TENS Efficacy on Acute Back Pain in an Emergency Department Triage
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) devices produce a gentle electrical stimulation that when applied through pads applied directly to the skin, has a noticeable effect in reducing pain associated with various…
- Trial name
- NCT03905681
- Testing
- Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- William Beaumont Army Medical Center
Emergency Medical Services, Triage
Reliability of the Swiss Emergency Triage Scale (SETS®) Used by Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Providers
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.
- Trial name
- NCT02559531
- Testing
- Mobile triage system
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Geneva
After-hours Care
Differentiated Access to Out-of-hours Primary Care Through Emergency Access
The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to test the use of an emergency button that allows patients to jump the telephone waiting line at the out-of-hours primary care in two regions in Denmark if they perceive their…
- Trial name
- Akutknappen (NCT02572115)
- Testing
- Akutknappen - used, Akutknappen - not used
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 7,385 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Student Education
Virtual Escape Room Education and Triage
This study was planned as a randomized controlled experimental design to determine the effect of triage training given to First and Emergency Aid students via a virtual escape room.
- Trial name
- NCT07181772
- Testing
- virtual escape room, with Power point education
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 122 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
Fracture of Cervical Spine, Fracture Dislocation of Cervical Spine
Evaluation of the Nursing C-Spine (Phase IV)
Neck injuries are a common problem among blunt trauma victims with more than 8,000,000 cases being seen annually in U.S. and Canadian EDs.
- Trial name
- NCT01353352
- Testing
- Clinical decision rule - clearing the c-spine
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 3,633 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Emergencies
The Effect of an Physician-Nurse Supplementary Triage Assistance Team on Emergency Department Patient Wait Times
The primary objective of this study is to investigate whether the introduction of a physician-nurse supplementary triage assessment team (MDRN STAT) is effective in improving time-based performance indicators for wait times.
- Trial name
- MDRNSTAT (NCT00991471)
- Testing
- Interaction with MDRN STAT, No MDRNSTAT
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 6,300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Emergency Nursing Education, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training
Development and Evaluation of an Emergency Nursing Care Training Program Focusing on CPR and Triage for the Lao People's Democratic Republic
In low- and middle-income countries, particularly the Lao People's Democratic Republic, limited infrastructure and constrained educational access create competency gaps and limited training opportunities for emergency nurses.
- Conditions
- Emergency Nursing Education, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training, Triage Training
- Trial name
- NCT07871474
- Testing
- Emergency Nursing Training Program
- Where
- Laos
- Volunteers
- 37 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Inje University
Triage, Low Acuity Patients
FOllow-up of LOW-acuity Patients After REdirection From a Swiss Emergency Department Using an Electronic TRIage Application
Emergency department (ED) overcrowding is a growing issue, affecting patient safety, healthcare quality, and hospital efficiency.
- Conditions
- Triage, Low Acuity Patients, Health Literacy Level, Non-urgent Emergencies
- Trial name
- FO-LOW-RETRI (NCT06971419)
- Testing
- intervention is the use of aTriage-Based Patient Redirection Using an Electronic Decision Support Toolin the emergency department (ED)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 450 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hôpital Fribourgeois
Abdominal Pain (AP), Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
Pocus Triage in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Abdominal Pain
Introduction and Objective: This study aimed to reveal the effect of classical triage and Bedside Focused Ultrasonography (POCUS) in addition to classical triage on diagnosis, treatment, emergency department follow-up and its…
- Conditions
- Abdominal Pain (AP), Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS), Triage
- Trial name
- NCT06887400
- Testing
- Point of care ultrasound (POCUS)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 262 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sakarya University
Medication Administered in Error, Medication Adverse Effects
Identifying Drug-related Problems at ED Triage (DRP-EDiT) V1
Up to a third of patients who visit emergency departments (EDs) do so because they have an issue with medicines prescribed by their doctor or purchased over the counter.
- Conditions
- Medication Administered in Error, Medication Adverse Effects, Medication Reaction
- Trial name
- DRP-EDiT (NCT05476705)
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Anglia Ruskin University
Trauma Injury
A Nursing Triage Protocol for Minor Orthopedic Traumata: the Effect on Flow Time, Quality of Care and Patient Satisfaction in an Emergency Department
In 2019, nearly half of all hospital contacts in Belgium took place through the emergency department, and more than a third of patients arrived after an accident or trauma.
- Trial name
- TRINU-RX (NCT05765045)
- Testing
- Nursing triage protocol
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 220 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universiteit Antwerpen
Frailty, Length of Stay
Evaluation of Prioritized Assessment for Older Patients Living With Frailty Presenting to the Emergency Department
The older population is getting older and growing in size worldwide. This requires healthcare to adapt to meet the complex medical and nursing needs of the older patient group.
- Conditions
- Frailty, Length of Stay, Emergency Department Visit, Older Patients
- Trial name
- NCT06869148
- Testing
- Prioritized assessment for older patients living with frailty
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 1,217 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Linkoeping
Triage, Pediatrics
The Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale for Children; A Prospective Multi-Center Evaluation.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the validity and the reproducibility of the canadian triage and acuity scale when applied by regular nurses for the triage of children in the Emergency Department.
- Trial name
- PERC CTAS (NCT00807352)
- Where
- 9 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,464 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St. Justine's Hospital
Mass Casualty Incident Preparedness, Simulation-Based Medical Education
Mass-Casualty Incident - Prehospital Emergency Response
The goal of this study was to learn whether the MCIPHER memory aid could help first-year resident doctors manage a simulated mass-casualty incident.
- Trial name
- MCIPHER (NCT07838441)
- Testing
- Standard Mass-Casualty Incident Curriculum, MCIPHER mnemonic pre-brief, Tabletop Simulation
- Where
- United Arab Emirates
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences
Shortness of Breath, Respiratory Symptoms
Work of Breathing Assessment in Triage Scale
The proposed research study will be a prospective observational study designed to validate the Canadian Triage Assessment Scale (CTAS) in regard to work of breathing in patients in the emergency department.
- Conditions
- Shortness of Breath, Respiratory Symptoms, Cough, Difficulty Breathing
- Trial name
- NCT05479929
- Testing
- Canadian Triage Assessment Scale (CTAS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- CHRISTUS Health
Triage, Emergency Medical Services
Clinical Predictors of Capillary Refill Time and Their Association With Triage Categories
This observational study aims to determine the correlation between capillary refill time (CRT) and vital parameters in patients presenting to the emergency department.
- Conditions
- Triage, Emergency Medical Services, Vital Signs Monitoring, Hypoperfusion
- Trial name
- CRT_TriageER (NCT07054151)
- Testing
- No clinical intervention (observational study only)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 313 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Izmir Democracy University
Nursing Teaching Pedagogy, Conversational AI Nursing Education Serious Game
Artificial Intelligence-Based Emergency Triage Education Tool in Enhancing Clinical Critical Thinking and Triage Practice
The study aims to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) based emergency triage education tool for providing critical thinking and questioning skills training to nursing students.
- Trial name
- NCT06811987
- Testing
- Instructor-led AI-Triage educational serious game, Self play AI-Triage educational serious game
- Volunteers
- 350 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Triage
The Learning Effect of Applying Diversified Teaching in Emergency Injury Classification -Taking the Emergency Nurse of a Regional Hospital in Yunlin County as an Example
"Triage" is the first process of emergency treatment. It is mainly based on the severity of the disease and the appropriate allocation of limited people, time, place, and medical resources.
- Trial name
- NCT06332586
- Testing
- Diversified teaching
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Coronary Angiography, Chest Pain
Coronary Computed Tomography for Systematic Triage of Acute Chest Pain Patients to Treatment (CT-STAT)
This is a prospective, randomized multicenter trial comparing MSCT to standard of care (SOC) diagnostic treatment in the triage of Emergency Department (ED) low to intermediate risk chest pain patients.
- Trial name
- CTSTAT (NCT00468325)
- Testing
- Multi-slice computed tomography, Rest-stress Nuclear Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
- Where
- 16 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 750 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Corewell Health East