Coventry University
In-Situ Mobile Application for the Triage of Pedestrians in Vehicle Collision (SENTINEL)
Amount awarded
£409,319
Due to complete
2027
Making roads safer for…
All road users
Project summary
Pedestrian casualties of road traffic collisions (RTC) can be incorrectly triaged to a hospital without the facilities to care for head trauma. This is because the clinical signs of head injuries have delayed onset, leading to traumatic brain injury (TBI) .
This project will create and test the feasibility of a new mobile triage application for ambulance and emergency department services. The multidisciplinary team will use data from past and current West Midlands RTC cases and advanced computational methods to develop a validated tool, capable of accurately triaging pedestrian casualties at the scene of a collision. The efficacy of the mobile triage application to accurately identify TBI in pedestrian causalities will be tested on consented and existing data collected at RTC events in the West Midlands, compared to current NHS systems.