All Acutely Ill or Injured Patients Receiving Care by Ambulance Personnel Clinical Trial
Official title:
Telemedical Solutions in Medical Emergencies, Advantages and Disadvantages for Patients, Healthcare Professionals, and Healthcare System. Study 3: Videoconferencing Between Ambulances and Physician Manned Rapid Response Vehicles, Effects on On-site Patient Treatment and Pattern of Referral
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
| Status | Withdrawn |
| Enrollment | 0 |
| Est. completion date | December 2014 |
| Est. primary completion date | November 2014 |
| Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
| Gender | Both |
| Age group | N/A and older |
| Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: - All patients receiving prehospital care by ambulance personnel - Must receive either telephone or video consultation by physician in rapid response vehicle Exclusion Criteria: |
Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
| Country | Name | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | Lægebilen, Hospitalsenheden Horsens | Horsens | |
| Denmark | Responce A/S | Horsens |
| Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
|---|---|
| University of Aarhus | Central Denmark Region |
Denmark,
| Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other | Ambulance staff evaluation of usability of equipment | Is investigated by the use of survey | 1 day | No |
| Other | Physicians evaluation of equipment | Is investigated by the use of survey | 1 day | No |
| Other | Patient satisfaction | Is investigated by telephone survey. | Within 3 weeks after receiving consultation | No |
| Primary | 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 | No | |
| Secondary | Readmission | For all patients receiving consultation from physician manned rapid response vehicles the number of patients admitted to hospital within 3 days will assessed. | 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. | Yes |
| Secondary | Change in site of referral | If the department to receive the patient is changed during consultation between physician in rapid response vehicle and patient | 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 | No |
| Secondary | 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 | No |