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Photography teletransmission allow a better and optimized dispatching of patients calling an Emergency Medical Call Center (EMCC) for a mild traumatic injury. It has previously been studied for patients to whom an ambulance was sent and therefore presumed to be older or with co-morbidities. The present trial aim to evaluate in the general population, the effect of a smartphone-mediated visioconference in the dispatching of patients calling an EMCC for mild traumatic injury.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Visioconference: live visual injury evaluation | Experimental | For patients randomized in the intervention group, a live visual evaluation of the injury is performed by the Emergency Medical Call Center physician using a dedicated, secure smartphone app |
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| Standard Procedure | Other | Usual management of patients |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visioconference: live visual injury evaluation | Procedure | For patients randomized in the intervention group, a live visual evaluation of the injury is performed by the Emergency Medical Call Center physician using a dedicated, secure smartphone app |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Proportion of patients dispatched elsewhere than to the nearest hospital | Proportion of patients dispatched elsewhere than to the nearest hospital (left at home for outpatient care / referred to a higher-level hospital / handled by MICA for advanced pre-hospital medical care) | 1 year |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Under-triage | Under-triage : the proportion of patients initially left at home for outpatient care who had to visit an ED within the 10 following days for care related to the initial traumatic injury | 1 year |
| Over-triage |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Chu of Poitiers | Poitiers | 86021 | France |
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| Control | Procedure | For patients randomized in the control group, the evaluation is performed by the Emergency Medical Call Center physician only by pone call |
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Over-triage : the proportion of patients initially dispatched to an ED who could have underwent outpatient care
| 1 year |