Clinical trial NCT02093975: Videoconferencing Between Ambulances and Physician Manned Rapid Response Vehicles, 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 3: Videoconferencing Between Ambulances and Physician Manned Rapid Response Vehicles, Effects on On-site Patient Treatment and Pattern of Referral
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: WITHDRAWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: All Acutely Ill or Injured Patients Receiving Care by Ambulance Personnel
Lead sponsor: University of Aarhus
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Central Denmark Region
First posted: 2014-03-21
Enrollment: 0
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Physician manned rapid response vehicles are a limited resource in the prehospital handling of acute patients.

In this study mobile videoconferencing between ambulances and the rapid response vehicles enables patient consultation at a distance. Video consultation between patient and the prehospital physician 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 physician manned rapid response vehicles 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:

* All patients receiving prehospital care by ambulance personnel
* Must receive either telephone or video consultation by physician in rapid response vehicle

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Primary outcomes:
measure: Number of patients receiving final treatment on-site prehospitally
timeFrame: Final treatment is registered for the present consultation, expected assesment averagely within 1 hour. Expected to be presented up to 36 months after assessment
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Readmission
timeFrame: Within 3 days of primary contact. Will be assessed up to 24 months after primary contact. Expected to be presented up to 36 months after assessment.
measure: Change in site of referral
timeFrame: If destination for patient is changed during consultatation with physician it wille be assessed at the end of consultation, expected averagely to be within 1 hour after consultation, expected to presented up to 24 months after primary assessment
measure: Number of treatments delivered by ambulance personnel
timeFrame: The number of treatments delivered by ambulance personnel during consultation with physician in rapid response vehicle. Expected to be assessed averagely within 1 hour of consultation. Expected to be presented up 36 months after primary assessment
Other outcomes:
measure: Ambulance staff evaluation of usability of equipment
timeFrame: 1 day
measure: Physicians evaluation of equipment
timeFrame: 1 day
measure: Patient satisfaction
timeFrame: Within 3 weeks after receiving consultation
Locations:
city: Horsens
country: Denmark
facility: Lægebilen, Hospitalsenheden Horsens
city: Horsens
country: Denmark
facility: Responce A/S
Study officials:
affiliation: Central Denmark Region
name: Nikolaj Raaber, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Central Denmark Region
name: Erika Christensen, MD, medical director
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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