Ambulance smartphone tool for field triage of ruptured aortic aneurysms (FILTR): study protocol for a prospective observational validation of diagnostic accuracy.

Prehospital triage systems have been shown to be successful for other conditions such as major trauma, STEMI and stroke, and there are possibly significant implications if a similar system could be implemented for rAAA. 15–17 Challenges for such an approach will include the diagnostic accuracy with which rAAA can be triaged at the scene of the emergency, and also the fate of patients incorrectly diagnosed with rAAA and nonetheless subjected to prolonged transfer and management at a vascular centre.

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