Els Freshwater

Paramedic

United Kingdom

Doctorate Title: An evaluation of a trauma unit bypass tool in predicting major trauma.

Doctorate Description: The aim of this study is to explore if refinement to the Wessex Trauma Unit Bypass Tool is required and, if necessary, to propose modifications to improve its performance in identifying patients who have suffered major trauma.

The objectives of this study are as follows:

• To assess the accuracy of the Wessex Trauma Network Trauma Unit Bypass Tool in predicting major trauma by calculating its' sensitivity and specificity in identifying patients with an Injury Severity Score of greater than or equal to 15.

• To conduct an analysis of cases which are either under or over-triaged in order to identify patients for whom their injuries are not predicted accurately.

• To suggest modifications to the Trauma Unit Bypass (TUB) tool in order to improve accuracy.

• To test the modified TUB tools in order to assess their sensitivity and specificity against the original data set.