Telemedical Solutions in Medical Emergencies, Advantages and Disadvantages for Patients, Healthcare Professionals, and the Healthcare System: Study 1: "Mobile Transmission of Prehospital Vital Signs to the Emergency Department - Effect on Patient Outcomes, Treatment and Diagnosis"

University of Aarhus3 sites in 1 country250 target enrollmentJune 2013

ConditionsTelemedicine Triage Emergency Medical Service

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Telemedicine
Sponsor: University of Aarhus
Enrollment: 250
Locations: 3
Primary Endpoint: Time to physician
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 12 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine if real time transmission of vital signs, ECG and chat communication between the prehospital ambulances and the emergency department has an effect on patient mortality, ICU admission, hospitalization time, time to doctor, time to treatment and time to diagnostics

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

June 2013

End Date

March 2014

Last Updated

12 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

University of Aarhus

Responsible Party

Principal Investigator

Nikolaj Raaber

University of Aarhus

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•All patients transported with ambulance to the emergency department

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Time to physician

Time Frame: Time from arrival to first patient-physician contact, assessed up to 36 months

Time from the patient arrival registered in the patients' logistics system (Cetrea) to registered first patient/physician contact registered in the same patients logistics system.

Secondary Outcomes

All cause mortality(30 days, assessed up to 36 months)
Number of ICU admissions(During present hospitalization, assessed up to 36 months)
Time to treatment(Time from arrival to administration of first iv. antibiotics, assessed up to 36 months)
Time to x-ray(Time form arrival at the emergency department to completion of x-ray requisition form, assessed up to 36 months)
Time to ICU(Time from arrival to admission to the ICU, assessed up to 36 months)