Impact of Medical Emergency Team and EMS in Tampere University Hospital

Death, Sudden,Cardiac Clinical Trial

Official title:

Impact of Medical Emergency Team and EMS on ICU Readmissions and Sudden Cardiac Arrests in Tampere University Hospital

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01214460
• Other study ID #: R10111
• Status: Completed
• Start date: January 2010
• Est. completion date: September 26, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: September 2019
• Source: Tampere University Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Patients in general wards have abnormal physical values preceding in-hospital cardiac arrest or a transfer to intensive care unit (ICU). The purpose of Medical Emergency Team (MET) or EMS is to interfere early enough in deteriorating patient status to prevent adverse outcomes like cardiac arrest or transfer to intensive care unit. The aims of this study are to record and analyze the effects of EMS and department of emergency and both afferent and efferent limbs of MET activity in Finnish tertiary Hospital.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 10000
• Est. completion date: September 26, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: July 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 yrs or older

Exclusion Criteria:

• under 18 yrs

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Death, Sudden
• Death, Sudden, Cardiac
• Death, Sudden,Cardiac
• Emergencies

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Finland	Tampere University Hospital	Tampere	Pirkanmaa

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Tampere University Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Finland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	In-hospital mortality		patients are followed until death
Secondary	The rates of ICU readmissions		one month to six year
Secondary	The rates of DNAR orders		one month to six year
Secondary	The number of patients EMS or medical emergency team is called to treat	We are going to analyze the number of MET calls and their impact on sudden cardiac arrests in TAUH. The time frame is 1st Jan 2010 -31st Dec 2015. It is known fact that well working MET team inside the hospital should decrease the sudden cardiac arrests. We also analyze the EMS calls and the ED visits in June 2015 to see if patient detoriation is related to sudden in-hospital death.	one month to six years
Secondary	Patient mortality after 6 mo of discharge	The patients are followed 6 mo after hospital discharge which has happened in year 2010	one month to six year