Mobile Transmission of Prehospital Vital Signs to the Emergency Department

N/ACompletedNCT02090452

University of Aarhus250 enrolled

Overview

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

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

250

Conditions

Telemedicine Triage Emergency Medical Service

Interventions

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

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 15 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * All patients transported with ambulance to the emergency department Exclusion Criteria: * None

Locations (3)

Prehospital Emergency Medical Services, Aarhus, Central Denmark Region

Aarhus N, Denmark

Horsens Regional Hospital, Central Region Denmark

Horsens, Denmark

Responce A/S

Horsens, Denmark

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

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 frame: Time from arrival to first patient-physician contact, assessed up to 36 months

Secondary Outcomes

All cause mortality

Time frame: 30 days, assessed up to 36 months

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 frame: Time from arrival to administration of first iv. antibiotics, assessed up to 36 months

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 frame: Time form arrival at the emergency department to completion of x-ray requisition form, assessed up to 36 months

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 frame: Time from arrival to admission to the ICU, assessed up to 36 months

Number of ICU admissions

Time frame: During present hospitalization, assessed up to 36 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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