MATTS (Major Trauma Triage Tool Study): identification, development, validation and evaluation of major trauma triage tools
Major trauma
MATTS is a programme of research in 3 phases, that will be conducted over 31 months in total, whose overall aim is to establish a new and improved major trauma triage tool for use in NHS settings. Phase 1 involves establishing which major trauma triage tools are currently in use in NHS settings, gathering data around their use and performance, gathering feedback on major trauma triage from key stakeholders, and then convening an expert consensus panel to design a new and improved major trauma triage tool. Phase 2 involves gathering data from 4 Ambulance Services (and the Hospital sites they deliver patients to) on all major trauma patients, then modelling the performance of a short list of triage tools (including our new tool), then further refining the tool which will be implemented for use in Phase 3. Phase 3 involves training ambulance staff from the 4 participating Ambulance Services to use our new major trauma triage tool, then gathering ambulance service and hospital data around its performance, for a period of 4 months. The patients who will be screened using the new triage tool will be followed up in Hospital until the end of that specific episode.
Patients who have experienced major trauma in participating trauma networks
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