Spinal Clearance Study: Expediting the Spinal Clearance Process in the Major Trauma Patient

Study Description

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Brief Summary:

The Alfred Hospital receives approximately 40% of the major trauma patients in Victoria, all of whom are at risk for spinal injuries. The potential for spinal injuries necessitates the undertaking of appropriate spinal investigations, and a delay in the completion of these investigations exposes the patient to the risk of a missed diagnosis of spinal instability and of complications of immobility; the potential spinal patient is required to wear a neck collar and be nursed lying flat whilst awaiting the completion and the appropriate documentation of spinal X-ray investigations.

The purpose of this study is to identify the issues causing a delay in the process of the completion of the appropriate spinal investigations and the documentation of the results.

The outcome of the proposed research will be the development of a clinical management protocol to expedite the process, with the aim of optimising patient care and reducing complications.

Condition or disease
Multiple Trauma; Traumatic Brain Injury; Spinal Injuries

Study Design

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Study Type :	Observational
Actual Enrollment :	299 participants
Observational Model:	Cohort
Official Title:	Optimisation of Patient Management Through Expediting the Spinal Clearance Process in the Major Trauma Patient
Study Start Date :	March 2004
Actual Primary Completion Date :	August 2006
Actual Study Completion Date :	August 2006

Groups and Cohorts

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Group/Cohort
Trauma Patients; Major trauma patients

Outcome Measures

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Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study:	Child, Adult, Senior
Sexes Eligible for Study:	All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No
Sampling Method:	Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Hospital trauma patients

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Major trauma patients

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients not subjected to spinal position restrictions on admission
• Patients deceased prior to spinal clearance
• Patients transferred to another centre prior to spinal clearance

Contacts and Locations

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Locations

Australia, Victoria
Bayside Health
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3149

Sponsors and Collaborators

Bayside Health

Victorian Trauma Foundation

Investigators

Principal Investigator:	Helen M Ackland, MHSc	Bayside Health

More Information

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Responsible Party:	Bayside Health
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00163826 History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers:	163/03
First Posted:	September 14, 2005
Last Update Posted:	January 8, 2016
Last Verified:	January 2016

Keywords provided by Bayside Health:

cervical spine injury; multiple trauma

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Wounds and Injuries; Brain Injuries; Brain Injuries, Traumatic; Multiple Trauma; Spinal Injuries; Brain Diseases	Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Craniocerebral Trauma; Trauma, Nervous System; Back Injuries