OPALS Critical Care Sub-Studies
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Cardiac Arrest
- Registration Number
- NCT00212953
- Lead Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
- Brief Summary
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the incremental benefit of a full advanced life support EMS program on the outcomes of chest pain, respiratory and major trauma patients.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 21000
Inclusion Criteria
- Chest Pain Sub-Study: Adult patients with a complaint of chest pain of an acute nature transported to hospital by ambulance. Patients with a complaint of pain in arms, neck or jaw if consistent with myocardial ischemia. Patients must have an ambulance return code of prompt, urgent, or no patient carried.
- Respiratory Sub-Study: Adult patients with a chief complaint of shortness of breath defined as ACR codes of Respiratory Failure, Shortness of Breath NYD, Pulmonary Edema (CHF), Asthma and had either prehospital assisted ventilation or abnormal respiratory rates (>=24 or <=10)
- Major Trauma Sub-Study: Adult patients who have suffered an injury from any mechanism with an Injury Severity Score of >12 who have been transported to hospital by land ambulance, and who have been entered into the Ontario Trauma Registry (OTR) Comprehensive Data Set.
Exclusion Criteria
- All Sub-Studies:
- Patients under the age of 16
- Patients who are vital signs absent prior to EMS arrival.
- Chest Pain Sub-Study:
- Patients suffering primarily from respiratory distress, respiratory failure, pulmonary edema, asthma, palpitations or epigastric pain. pain
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Survival to discharge
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Response Time Intervals Generic Quality of Life Performance of ALS Procedures Disease Specific Quality of Life CPC Score and FIM Score Length of Stay in Hospital Length of Stay in Critical Care Units Ventilator time Disease Specific Quality of Life
Trial Locations
- Locations (11)
Lambton Base Hospital
🇨🇦Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
Ottawa Base Hospital
🇨🇦Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Halton Base Hospital
🇨🇦Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Cambridge Base Hospital
🇨🇦Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Kingston Base Hospital
🇨🇦Kingston, Ontario, Canada
London Base Hospital
🇨🇦London, Ontario, Canada
Niagara Falls Base Hospital
🇨🇦Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Sudbury Base Hospital
🇨🇦Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Peterborough Base Hospital
🇨🇦Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Thunder Bay Base Hospital
🇨🇦Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Windsor Base Hospital
🇨🇦Windsor, Ontario, Canada