The Australian Emergency Procedural Sedation Database; A multi-centre observational study of the practice of Procedural Sedation in Australian Emergency Departments (ED)

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• Conditions: Procedural Sedation; Emergency medicine - Other emergency care; Anaesthesiology - Other anaesthesiology

• Registration Number: ACTRN12621000198820
• Lead Sponsor: Ashley Loughman

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2021-02-25
• Last Update Posted: 1 March 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1000

Inclusion Criteria

All patients undergoing procedural sedation within Australian Emergency Departments on an ongoing basis

Exclusion Criteria

No specific exclusion criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Efficacy of Emergency Department Procedural Sedation as defined by rates of procedural completion. These will be collected anonymously by clinician self reporting after performing procedural sedation. Clinicians will manually enter data onto an online database. Secondary methods such as digital medical records review will also be used where initial clinician self reporting data entry is incomplete.[Cumulative data will be assessed six monthly throughout the study. ];Safety of ED procedural sedation across participating sites. This will include rates of adverse events such as hypoxia, hypotension or need for airway support. These will be collected anonymously by clinician self reporting after performing procedural sedation. Clinicians will manually enter data onto an online database. Secondary methods such as digital medical records review will also be used where initial clinician self reporting data entry is incomplete.[Cumulative data will be assessed six monthly throughout the study. ]