Digital decision support to reduce time to treatment in trauma
Traumatic injury
The study comprises a mixed methodology approach with five components: 1. Clinical risk perception questionnaire 2. Clinician usability questionnaire 3. Semi-structured clinician interview 4. Quantitative evaluation 5. Hazard analysis Clinicians complete a risk perception questionnaire after each trauma case, fill out a usability questionnaire every 2 months and take part in interviews to give feedback on system use and impact. There is no direct patient intervention - only data from standard care used with consent.
1. Trauma clinicians: Consultant, Specialist Registrar (resident), or paramedics who have direct involvement in initial assessment, management of adult trauma patients transported by London's Air Ambulance to the Royal London Hospital. 2. Trauma patients: Aged 16 years or over with traumatic injury
Trauma clinicians: 1. Consent: clincians who decline to consent or participate 2. Involvement: clinicians not involved in the initial care of adult trauma patients Trauma patients: 1. Aged under 16 years 2. Presenting with injuries: burns, hangings, drownings, or acute psychotic episodes without physical injuries