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Clinical Trials/NCT02090452
NCT02090452CompletedNot Applicable

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 Aarhus6 sites in 1 country250 target enrollmentStarted: June 2013Last updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Completed
Enrollment
250
Locations
6
Primary Endpoint
Time to physician

Study 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

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Non Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel
Primary Purpose
Health Services Research
Masking
None

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
15 Years to — (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

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)

Investigators

Sponsor Class
Other
Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

Nikolaj Raaber

MD

University of Aarhus

Study Sites (6)

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