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

Triage Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02559531
• Other study ID #: CCER 15-083
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 21, 2015
• Last updated: December 24, 2015
• Start date: September 2015
• Est. completion date: November 2015

Study information

• Verified date: December 2015
• Source: University Hospital, Geneva
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Switzerland: Ethikkommission
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 23
• Est. completion date: November 2015
• Est. primary completion date: November 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All EMS providers employed by a private ambulance company in the State of Geneva, Switzerland

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not giving informed consent

Study Design

Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Diagnostic

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Emergencies
• Emergency Medical Services
• Triage

Intervention

Device:
• Mobile triage system
A mobile triage system used by EMS providers will be evaluated using standardized clinical vignettes

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Switzerland	ED of Geneva University Hospitals	Geneva

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Hospital, Geneva

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Switzerland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Emergency level (1 to 4) accordingly to the SETS	Each participant will attribute an emergency level (1 to 4) to all clinical vignettes accordingly to SETS criteria. Reliability will be evaluated by computing inter-rater reliability using Kappa statistics.	1 day: all computeriez vignettes will be evaluated during a one-day session in November 2015.	No
Secondary	Correct emergency triage level identification	Triage levels attributed by EMS providers will be compared with triage levels attributed by experts	1 day: all computeriez vignettes will be evaluated during a one-day session in November 2015.	No
Secondary	Proper orientation	At the end of triage process, EMS providers have to decide in which hospitals the patients should be admitted. These orientations given by EMS providers will be compared with orientations attributed by experts	1 day: all computeriez vignettes will be evaluated during a one-day session in November 2015.	No