Clinical trial NCT02095067: Videoconferencing Between Ambulances and Physician at the Emergency Medical Dispatch Center, Effects on On-Site Patient Treatment and Patterns of Referral
Official title: Telemedical Solutions in Medical Emergencies, Advantages and Disadvantages for Patients, Healthcare Professionals, and Healthcare System. Study 2: Videoconferencing Between Ambulances and Physician at the Emergency Medical Dispatch Center,
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Acute Illness
Acute Injury
Keywords: Telemedicine
Emergency medical dispatch
Prehospital care
Video conference
Lead sponsor: University of Aarhus
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Prehospital Medical Emergency Services, Aarhus, Central Denmark Region, Denmark
name: Central Denmark Region
name: Aarhus University Hospital
First posted: 2014-03-24
Enrollment: 150
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The prehospital resources are limited. The emergency medical dispatch center (EMDC) is manned by qualified health care personnel around the clock. The investigators believe that the EMDC is an unexploited resource in the prehospital treatment of patients. By the use of videoconferencing the investigators will activate this resource.

Mobile videoconferencing between ambulances and physician at the EMDC enables patient consultation at a distance. Video consultation between patient and the physician at the EMDC can take place when the patient is at home or in the ambulance.

The primary aim of this study is to examine the effect of video consultation between physicians at the EMDC and patients receiving treatment by ambulance personnel on the number of patients receiving final treatment on-site in the pre hospital setting.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Less ill/slightly injured patients receiving prehospital care by ambulance personnel

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Primary outcomes:
measure: Number of patients receiving final treatment on-site prehospitally
timeFrame: Final treatment is registered for the present consultation, assessed up 36 months, presented up to 36 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Readmission
timeFrame: Within 3 days of primary contact, assessed up to 36 months, presented up to 36 months
measure: Change in site of referral
timeFrame: If destination for patient is changed during consultataion with physician, assessed up to 36 months, presented up to 36 months
measure: Number of treatments delivered by ambulance personnel
timeFrame: The number of treatments delivered by ambulance personnel during consultation with physician at the dispatch center, assessed up to 36 months, presented up to 36 months
measure: Change of transportation mode
timeFrame: If mode of transportation is changed during consultation with physician, assessed up to 36 months, presented up to 36 months
Other outcomes:
measure: Ambulance staff evaluation of usability of equipment
timeFrame: At the time of using the equipment, asessed up to 36 months, presented up to 36 months
measure: Physicians evaluation of usability of equipment
timeFrame: At the time of using the equipment, assessed up to 36 months, presented up to 36 months
Locations:
city: Aarhus N
country: Denmark
facility: Prehospital Emergency Medical Services, Aarhus, Central Denmark Region
city: Horsens
country: Denmark
facility: Responce A/S
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