Analgesia in ÖAMTC Helicopter Emergency Service in Austria

Completed

• Conditions: Analgesics; Accident; Pain, Acute; Field Physician Care; Emergencies; Hypnotics; Trauma, Multiple; Safety
• Interventions: Other: analgesics; Other: hypnotics

• Registration Number: NCT03760302
• Lead Sponsor: Medical University Innsbruck

Brief Summary

A sufficient analgesia in injured or sick people is the main goal of physicians treating a patient. In emergency medicine potent analgesia like ketamine or opioids are routinely used. It is unknown if there are any severe side effects or if the use is safe while in use in a Helicopter Emergency Service equipped with emergency physicians.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2018-11-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-11-29
• Study First Posted: 2018-11-30
• Study Start: 2018-12-01
• Primary Completion: 2019-10-26
• Study Completion: 2021-02-26
• Status Verified: 2021-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-09-07
• Last Update Posted: 2021-09-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 35000

Inclusion Criteria

• Analgesia or use of hypnotics in ÖAMTC Air Ambulance Service in Austria 2000-2016

Exclusion Criteria

• No analgesia, or analgesia use not in connection to ÖAMTC Air Ambulance Service. Analgesia given not in the period of examination (2000-2016)

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Patient given analgesics or hypnotics	hypnotics	All patients treated with any kind of analgesics or hypnotics are analyzed and compared.
Patient given analgesics or hypnotics	analgesics	All patients treated with any kind of analgesics or hypnotics are analyzed and compared.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Analgesic, frequency	2000-2016	Use of analgesic (n= frequency how often analgesic is used)
Successful analgesia	2000-2016	Change in reported pain severity before and after treatment with analgesic. (Numeric Rating Scale, NRS, eleven-point scale reporting no pain=0, to maximum pain=10; 1-3 mild pain, 4-6 moderate pain, 7-10 severe pain)
Analgesic, drug type	2000-2016	Use of analgesic (n= type of analgesic)
Analgesic, amount of analgesics	2000-2016	Use of analgesic (n= amount of analgesic used in mg or µg)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Side effects	2000-2016	Type of side effect (respiratory arrest after use, hypoxemia, desaturation (SpO2\<90%), dead)
Frequency of side effects	2000-2016	Frequency of side effects (frequency of side effect/n=total number of analgesic use; very common\>=1/10, common\>=1/100 and\<1/10, uncommon \>=1/1000 and \<1/100, rare \>=1/10000 and \<1/1000, very rare \<1/10000)
Severity of side effect	2000-2016	severity of side effect (0=none, 1=mild, 2=moderate, 3=severe, 4=potentially life threatening)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

General and Surgical Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck; 🇦🇹 Innsbruck, Austria