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

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 1997-03
• Study Completion: 1999-05
• Study First Submitted: 2005-09-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2005-09-13
• Study First Posted: 2005-09-21
• Status Verified: 2010-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2010-10-13
• Last Update Posted: 2010-10-15

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)

Cambridge Base Hospital; 🇨🇦 Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

Kingston Base Hospital; 🇨🇦 Kingston, Ontario, Canada

London Base Hospital; 🇨🇦 London, Ontario, Canada

Halton Base Hospital; 🇨🇦 Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Niagara Falls Base Hospital; 🇨🇦 Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

Ottawa Base Hospital; 🇨🇦 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Peterborough Base Hospital; 🇨🇦 Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

Lambton Base Hospital; 🇨🇦 Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

Sudbury Base Hospital; 🇨🇦 Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Thunder Bay Base Hospital; 🇨🇦 Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

Scroll for more (1 remaining)