The Copenhagen Triage Algorithm (CTA)

Herlev Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Triage

Treatments: Behavioral: Copenhagen Triage Algorithm

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02698319

HerlevH02

Details and patient eligibility

About

Crowding in the emergency department (ED) is a well documented problem putting patients at risk of adverse outcomes. To combat this, most ED's use some form of triage. In the last two decades systematic triage or process triage has become the norm in most countries but this approach is supported by limited evidence. Our aim is to develop a faster triage model of only a few vital parameters, based on a data from a large cohort of unselected ED patients and evaluate if such a model combined with a clinical assessment by the ED nurse is inferior to existing triage models in a prospective cluster-randomized trial

Enrollment: 50,000 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients presenting acutely to the Acute ward/Emergency department in two hospitals in the Capital of Denmark

Exclusion criteria

• Patients presenting in Pediatric, Gynecological or Obstetric units

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50,000 participants in 2 patient groups

Conventional Triage

No Intervention group

Description:

Conventional triage using Danish Emergency Process Triage (DEPT).

Copenhagen Triage Algorithm

Experimental group

Description:

The Copenhagen Triage Algorithm is used as triage form in the ED. The Copenhagen Triage Algorithm consists of a few vital parameters and a clinical assessment from the ED nurse.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Copenhagen Triage Algorithm