The challenges of conducting prehospital research: Successes and lessons learnt from the Head Injury Transportation Straight to Neurosurgery (HITS-NS) trial

Graham McClelland; Elspeth Pennington; Sonia Byers; Wanda Russell; Fiona Lecky

doi:10.1136/emermed-2014-203870

The challenges of conducting prehospital research: Successes and lessons learnt from the Head Injury Transportation Straight to Neurosurgery (HITS-NS) trial

Graham McClelland^*, Elspeth Pennington, Sonia Byers, Wanda Russell, Fiona Lecky

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Head Injury Transportation Straight to Neurosurgery was a cluster randomised trial studying suspected severe head injury treatment pathways conducted in the North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust and North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust between January 2012 and March 2013. This was the world's first large scale trial of any trauma bypass and was conducted as a feasibility study. This short report will describe some of the lessons learnt during this ground breaking and complex trial.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	663-664
Number of pages	2
Journal	Emergency Medicine Journal
Volume	32
Issue number	8
Early online date	20 Jul 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2014-203870
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2015
Externally published	Yes

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