Critical use of the ambulance service – a multicenter study in rural and urban areas in a federal state of Germany
- Conditions
- low-acuity calls in ambulance deployments
- Registration Number
- DRKS00032510
- Lead Sponsor
- niversität Heidelberg, Abteilung für Allgemeinmedizin und Versorgungsforschung
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 825
Inclusion Criteria
ambulance crew members in the area of the headquartes Ludwigshafen
deployments require:
- deployment alerting minimum one ambulance (type C according to EN1789)
-crew members are recruited and briefed concerning the trial
Exclusion Criteria
crew members without giving consent are excluded
deploments are excluded if:
- cancelled during approach
- no patient is found
- only provision (eg. for fire runs) without patient
- secondary transport (eg. interhospital transfers)
- patient is minor (<18 years old)
- patient is found dead or dies on the incident scene
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method - way of treatment (conveyance to a hospital, just examination/treatment/consultation, referring to an alternative service of urgent care)<br>-appropriate type of care based on the on-scene assessment by the ambulance crew
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method reasons why there may be a difference between the executed treatment and the appropriate type of care