ESCAPE (Evaluating Surge Capacity And PrEparedness)

Delivery of Health Care Clinical Trial

— ESCAPE  

Official title:

ESCAPE (Evaluating Surge Capacity And PrEparedness): a Multicenter Study on Recruiting Students as Surge Capacity Workforce in the Event of a Pandemic

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Enrolling by invitation

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06144008
• Other study ID #: Klinikum Großhadern
• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Start date: September 26, 2023
• Est. completion date: November 2023

Study information

• Verified date: November 2023
• Source: Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The ESCAPE study intends to assess the possibility of recruiting students as surge capacity work force in hospitals in the event of a major medical incident such as an epidemic or pandemic.

Description:

The ESCAPE study intends to assess the possibility of recruiting students as surge capacity work force in hospitals in event of a major medical incident such as an epidemic or pandemic. The study consists of two parts:

• To identify the need for student surge capacity work force in relevant departments most affected by major medical incidents (e.g. Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit, etc.). This part also raises the question of which tasks can be delegated to such a surge capacity workforce and which training may be required to prepare for such tasks.

• To identify and quantify the willingness of students to enroll as surge capacity workforce, identifying which tasks they would be willing to perform and which organisational framework is required for their work (training, insurance, pay, etc.).

Both subparts as planned as questionnaires to be completed voluntarily and anonymously.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Enrollment: 3000
• Est. completion date: November 2023
• Est. primary completion date: November 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Medical experts (heads of departements and other management positions) working in selected departments that are typically affected by major medical incidents at the time of questionnaire roll-out.

• Medical students >18 years of age of any year enrolled in the year 2023-2024 in any of the 38 medical faculties in Germany

Exclusion Criteria:

• none, as questionnaire participation was achieved by invitation of eligible volunteers

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Delivery of Health Care
• Disaster Medicine

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Answering questionnaire
A questionnaires for each group has been developped and will be distributed for voluntary and anonymous completion.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Germany	Department of Anaesthesiology of the University Hospital of Munich	Munich

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Student surge capacity workforce needed	Is the general opinion that a student workforce would be beneficial in the context of a major medical incident?	baseline
Secondary	Student willingness to work as student surge capacity workforce	Are medical students willing to be involved as surge capacity workforce?	baseline
Secondary	Tasks to be delegated to surge capacity workforce	What tasks can be delegated to a student workforce and what training is required to safely delegate these?	baseline
Secondary	Organisational framework in which to embed surge capacity workforce	What organisational aspects need to be addressed in setting up a student surge capacity workforce?	baseline