Area: Trustwide
The MATTS study developed and tested a major trauma triage tool. Ambulance clinicians need to decide which hospital is the right destination for injured patients: local emergency hospitals, trauma units, or specialist major trauma centres. Trauma triage tools help support these clinical decisions.
This is the candidate national major trauma triage tool which was tested in West Midlands Ambulance Service and Yorkshire Ambulance Service as part of MATTS (Major Trauma Triage Tool Study). Here is the format of the tool, complete with elements 2h and 2i which can be adapted to local contexts as needed:
Ambulance services can adapt the physical layout, colour, and other elements such as Trust logos to their own requirements as shown below for West Midlands Ambulance Service:
For more information about the study please click here. For queries about WMAS involvement, please email [email protected]