Videoconferencing Between Ambulances and Physician Manned Rapid Response Vehicles, Effects on On-site Patient Treatment and Patterns of Referral

Not Applicable

Withdrawn

• Conditions: All Acutely Ill or Injured Patients Receiving Care by Ambulance Personnel
• Interventions: Device: iPad air with 4G/3G SIM card

• Registration Number: NCT02093975
• Lead Sponsor: University of Aarhus

Brief Summary

Physician manned rapid response vehicles are a limited resource in the prehospital handling of acute patients.

In this study mobile videoconferencing between ambulances and the rapid response vehicles enables patient consultation at a distance. Video consultation between patient and the prehospital physician can take place when the patient is at home or in the ambulance.

The primary aim of this study is to examine the effect of video consultation between physician manned rapid response vehicles and patients receiving treatment by ambulance personnel on the number of patients receiving final treatment on-site in the pre-hospital setting

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2014-03-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-03-20
• Study First Posted: 2014-03-21
• Study Start: 2014-05
• Primary Completion: 2014-11
• Study Completion: 2014-12
• Status Verified: 2015-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-12-07
• Last Update Posted: 2015-12-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: WITHDRAWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

• All patients receiving prehospital care by ambulance personnel
• Must receive either telephone or video consultation by physician in rapid response vehicle

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Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Video consultation	iPad air with 4G/3G SIM card	Patients in this arm receive video consultation from physician in doctor manned rapid response vehicle.
Telephone consultation	iPad air with 4G/3G SIM card	Patients receiving prehospital care by ambulance personnel whom receive telephone consultation/supervision by physician in rapid response vehicle.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of patients receiving final treatment on-site prehospitally	Final treatment is registered for the present consultation, expected assesment averagely within 1 hour. Expected to be presented up to 36 months after assessment

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Readmission	Within 3 days of primary contact. Will be assessed up to 24 months after primary contact. Expected to be presented up to 36 months after assessment.	For all patients receiving consultation from physician manned rapid response vehicles the number of patients admitted to hospital within 3 days will assessed.
Change in site of referral	If destination for patient is changed during consultatation with physician it wille be assessed at the end of consultation, expected averagely to be within 1 hour after consultation, expected to presented up to 24 months after primary assessment	If the department to receive the patient is changed during consultation between physician in rapid response vehicle and patient
Number of treatments delivered by ambulance personnel	The number of treatments delivered by ambulance personnel during consultation with physician in rapid response vehicle. Expected to be assessed averagely within 1 hour of consultation. Expected to be presented up 36 months after primary assessment

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Responce A/S; 🇩🇰 Horsens, Denmark

Lægebilen, Hospitalsenheden Horsens; 🇩🇰 Horsens, Denmark