Mobile Transmission of Prehospital Vital Signs to the Emergency Department

Telemedicine Clinical Trial

Official title:

Telemedical Solutions in Medical Emergencies, Advantages and Disadvantages for Patients, Healthcare Professionals, and the Healthcare System: Study 1: "Mobile Transmission of Prehospital Vital Signs to the Emergency Department - Effect on Patient Outcomes, Treatment and Diagnosis"

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02090452
• Other study ID #: NRAA
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: February 20, 2014
• Last updated: April 23, 2014
• Start date: June 2013
• Est. completion date: March 2014

Study information

• Verified date: April 2014
• Source: University of Aarhus
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Denmark: Danish Health and Medicines AuthorityDenmark: "Danish Data Protection Agency"
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine if real time transmission of vital signs, ECG and chat communication between the prehospital ambulances and the emergency department has an effect on patient mortality, ICU admission, hospitalization time, time to doctor, time to treatment and time to diagnostics

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 250
• Est. completion date: March 2014
• Est. primary completion date: March 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 15 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All patients transported with ambulance to the emergency department

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Health Services Research

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Emergencies
• Emergency Medical Service
• Telemedicine
• Triage

Intervention

Device:
• Real time transmission of patient related data. Device used: MobiMed 3.1, manufactured by Ortivus AB Sweden

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	Prehospital Emergency Medical Services, Aarhus, Central Denmark Region	Aarhus N
Denmark	Horsens Regional Hospital, Central Region Denmark	Horsens
Denmark	Responce A/S	Horsens

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Aarhus	Aarhus University Hospital, Central Denmark Region

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Emergency department staff evaluation of usability of equipment	The staff at the emergency department fill out a survey after the use of the equipment which provides ecg, vital signs, chat.	At the time of using the equipment, assessed up to 36 months	No
Other	Ambulance staff evaluation of usability of equipment	The ambulance staff fill out a survey after the use of the equipment which provides ecg, vital signs, chat.	At the time of using the equipment, assessed up to 36 months	No
Primary	Time to physician	Time from the patient arrival registered in the patients' logistics system (Cetrea) to registered first patient/physician contact registered in the same patients logistics system.	Time from arrival to first patient-physician contact, assessed up to 36 months	No
Secondary	All cause mortality		30 days, assessed up to 36 months	No
Secondary	Time to treatment	Time from the patient arrival registered in the patients' logistics system (Cetrea) to first administered iv antibiotics registered in the patient's hospital record	Time from arrival to administration of first iv. antibiotics, assessed up to 36 months	No
Secondary	Time to x-ray	Time from the patient arrival registered in the patients' logistics system (Cetrea) to completion of x-ray requisition form registered in the radiologic logistics system (Kodak RIS, 2010 edition)	Time form arrival at the emergency department to completion of x-ray requisition form, assessed up to 36 months	No
Secondary	Time to ICU	Time from the patient arrival registered in the patients' logistics system (Cetrea) to time of admission to the ICU registered in the patient's hospital record. .	Time from arrival to admission to the ICU, assessed up to 36 months	No
Secondary	Number of ICU admissions		During present hospitalization, assessed up to 36 months	No