Emergency Department and hospital adverse events in Aotearoa New Zealand

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Adverse events; Emergency medicine - Other emergency care

• Registration Number: ACTRN12620000365965
• Lead Sponsor: Auckland District Health Board

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2020-03-16
• Last Update Posted: 23 March 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 6336

Inclusion Criteria

All patients presenting to ED on the randomised study days will be eligible for recruitment.
Eligibility assessments will determine whether the patient or whanau/family/parents are approached for consent to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

1.Insurmountable language barrier that prevents informed consent or follow-up.
2.Patients initially triaged in Emergency Department (ED) but then transferred to a Medical or Surgical or Paediatric Admission Unit to see an inpatient specialty team. Patients referred to inpatient specialty teams but triaged to ED will be included in the study.
3.Patients unavailable for telephone follow-up in the 3 weeks after their ED visit (e.g. overseas). Every attempt will be made to include all patients resident in NZ.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified