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5 Minute 'HOT' Trauma CT Rates Of Detection Study
Sponsor: University Hospital Plymouth NHS Trust
Summary
Many injured patients receive urgent CT imaging to identify major injury. CT imaging of trauma patients is often time critical and the accurate detection of life-threatening findings on this CT is essential. Often following a scan a radiologist is not immediately available to review the imaging, however other members of the trauma team have access to the imaging and may be in a position to provide a "hot" report. In this study we aim to demonstrate if an educational intervention with a checklist improves accuracy of the hot report.
Official title: Randomised Trial (With Integrated Pilot) Evaluating Whether a Standardised Approach, Educational Package (Including Checklist) Improve Recognition of Major Life-threatening Injuries in the Hot Reporting of Trauma Scans
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
300
Start Date
2026-01-30
Completion Date
2027-02-28
Last Updated
2026-01-12
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Interventions
Education
The three groups will report 2 image banks of 15 CT images each. Image bank A will contain 15 CT images each with a brief history including the mechanism of injury. Image bank B will contain 10 new CT images and 5 CT images contained within image bank A, but with an altered but compatible mechanism of injury. Group 1 will report image bank A, receive the educational intervention and then report image bank B with the checklist. Group 2 will report image bank B, receive the educational intervention and then report image bank A. Group 3 will report image bank A and B without any intervention.
Locations (1)
University Hospitals Plymouth
Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom