10-years Nationwide Alpine Accidents in Austria

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This observational study intends to analyze the characteristic of specific accidents happened in Austrian's mountainous regions. The mechanisms of accidents which are evaluated are lightning accidents, cardiopulmonary resuscitation with or without automated external defibrillator, frostbite injuries, accidents with flying vehicle (e.g. paraglider, hang-glider…).

Detailed Description
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The data are collected retrospectively from the database of Austrian alpine police force. These data are analyzed. The information from this database (scene of accident, weather, daytime…) is compared to secondary data collected from the University Hospital of Innsbruck. The comparison of both databases was approved by the Austrian Data Protection Agency. The goal of the study is to give detailed information of circumstances leading to accident and give medical information of the patient's condition and his outcome.

Official Title
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A Retrospective 10-years Nationwide Observational Study of Alpine Accidents - Flight Accidents, CPR and AED in Alpine Region, Frostbite Injuries and Lightning Strike

Conditions
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Alpine Accident, Frostbite, Cardiopulmonary Arrest With Successful Resuscitation, Lightning Injuries, Flight Accident

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: general and specific data


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Person suffering the injury searched for; Exclusion Criteria: -

Ages Eligible for Study
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Maximum Age: 120 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| lightning accident<br>patients suffered injuries due to lightning strike | Other: general and specific data<br>* General and specific data collected<br>|
| frostbite<br>patients suffered injuries due to local hypothermia leading to frostbite injuries | Other: general and specific data<br>* General and specific data collected<br>|
| cpr and aed<br>patients suffered cardiac arrest in alpine region treated with or without automated external defibrillatior | Other: general and specific data<br>* General and specific data collected<br>|
| flight accident<br>patients suffered injuries due to use of a flying vehicle in mountainous regions. | Other: general and specific data<br>* General and specific data collected<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Number of persons suffered an accident in Alpine Mountains in Austria | The number of persons (n/year) which suffered one of the specified accidents. | 2005-2015 | 
| Gender of persons suffered an accident in Alpine Mountains in Austria | Gender male/female or non specified which suffered one of the specified accidents. | 2005-2015 | 
| Mortality of persons suffered an accident in Alpine Mountains in Austria | Number of persons deceased (deceased/n per year) which suffered one of the specified accidents. | 2005-2015 | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Number of pattern like injured patients treated in University Hospital of Innsbruck, a major tertiary trauma center in western Austria. | (n/year) treated in University Hospital of Innsbruck | 2005-2015 | 
| Gender of pattern like injured patients treated in University Hospital of Innsbruck, a major tertiary trauma center in western Austria. | male/female, unspecified treated in University Hospital of Innsbruck | 2005-2015 | 
| Injury severity score (ISS) of pattern like injured patients treated in University Hospital of Innsbruck, a major tertiary trauma center in western Austria. | Injury severity score of suffered injury (ISS=AIS*AIS) | 2005-2015 | 
| Abbreviated Injury severity scale (AIS) of pattern like injured patients treated in University Hospital of Innsbruck, a major tertiary trauma center in western Austria. | Abreviated Injury severity scale of suffered injury (1-6 points; scale - minor, moderate, serious, severe, critial, maximum) | 2005-2015 | 
| Type of evacuation and mortality | Type of evacuation (terrestrial, helicopter, combined terrestrial and helicopter) and the mortality for each group (deceased/n per year) | 2005-2015 |