Clinical trials: Ambulances
Asthma in Children
Early Administration of Steroids in the Ambulance Setting
Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood and is a leading cause of emergency medical treatment. For children experiencing an asthma exacerbation, emergency department (ED) guidelines recommend early systemic…
- Trial name
- EASI-AS-ODT (NCT03962894)
- Testing
- Prednisolone
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 834 people
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Job Stress
Job Satisfaction of Emergency Ambulance Personnel
The emergency department crowding is a worldwide health problem. Overcapacity admissions result in a decrease in health care quality.
- Trial name
- NCT04182243
- Testing
- Evaluation of job satisfaction in emergency health care providers by questionnaire
- Volunteers
- 132 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- European University of Lefke
Emergency Medical Dispatch Centre, Video Streaming
Dispatch of Emergency Call Using Video Streaming Compared With Traditional Telephone Communication
In the Emergency Medical Dispatch Center, all EMS dispatchers were divided into one of two clusters with 11 EMS dispatchers in each cluster.
- Conditions
- Emergency Medical Dispatch Centre, Video Streaming, Emergency Call, Prehospital Emergency Medical Services
- Trial name
- CAM-VISION (NCT05742412)
- Testing
- Video streaming (smartphone camera), Telephone (telephone microphone)
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 20,539 people
- Sponsor
- Central Denmark Region
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Pain
To Relieve Pain and Anxiety - an Intervention Study in Ambulance Services
This is an intervention study focusing on both medical and nursing questions. The study is a joint project between the Ambulance services at four cities in West Sweden and Knowledge and research centre, PreHospen at University of…
- Trial name
- NCT00792181
- Testing
- Midazolam, Course intervention - a professional development course for caregivers.
- Volunteers
- 2,800 people
- Sponsor
- Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Heart Arrest, Heart Arrest, Out-Of-Hospital
An Educational Program to Improve Cardiac Arrest Diagnostic Accuracy of Ambulance Telecommunicators
Cardiac arrest is the number one cause of death in Canada. It is often the first symptom of cardiac disease for the victims. Eighty-five percent of victims collapse in their own home.
- Conditions
- Heart Arrest, Heart Arrest, Out-Of-Hospital, Cardiac Arrest, Death, Sudden, Cardiac
- Trial name
- NCT03894059
- Testing
- Educational Intervention
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 12,224 people
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Emergency Maternity Care, Health Inequalities in Maternity Care Access
Disparities In Access to the Northwest Ambulance Service During Pregnancy, Birth and Postpartum Period and Its Association With Neonatal and Maternal Outcomes
This study is the first in the United Kingdom (UK) to look at how women and families from different backgrounds use ambulance services during the 'perinatal period' - through pregnancy, birth, and shortly after having a baby.
- Conditions
- Emergency Maternity Care, Health Inequalities in Maternity Care Access, Disparities in Access to Maternity Care, Deprivation
- Trial name
- DIAAS (NCT07049263)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 18,000 people
- Sponsor
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Emergency Patient Transported by Ambulance
Evaluation of Effectiveness for Connected Network for EMS Comprehensive Technical-support Using Artificial Intelligence (CONNECT-AI) System by Community Intervention
This study aims to verify the effectiveness of the connected network for EMS comprehensive technical-support using artificial intelligence (CONNECT-AI) system through demonstration in the local community.
- Trial name
- NCT04829279
- Testing
- CONNECT AI system group
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 15,392 people
- Sponsor
- Yonsei University
Stroke
Prehospital Management of Stroke Patients by Emergency Medical Services
Annually 12.000 people i Denmark suffer from a stroke. Treatment for ischemic stroke is available, but only 12% of stroke patients receive it.
- Trial name
- NCT02191514
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 2,653 people
- Sponsor
- Emergency Medical Services, Capital Region, Denmark
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Supplemental Oxygen in Catheterized Coronary Emergency Reperfusion
The aim of SOCCER is to evaluate the effects of treatment with supplemental O2 before and during acute balloon angioplasty (PCI) for patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).
- Trial name
- SOCCER (NCT01423929)
- Testing
- Oxygen, Room air
- Where
- 3 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Region Skane
Healthy
Standardized Comparison of Triage in EMS
The objective of this study is to evaluate the reliability and validity of acuity estimates by paramedics employing the Canadian Triage Acuity Scale (CTAS) in the out of hospital setting.
- Trial name
- NCT00468780
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 928 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Back Pain
Characteristics of Back Pain Callers
Back pain is experienced by approximately 80% of the population during their life. However, only a small minority (<1%) will have a medical condition (such as Cauda Equina Syndrome) which requires immediate medical intervention.
- Trial name
- NCT03474068
- Volunteers
- 7,120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Teesside University
Acute Illness, Acute Injury
Videoconferencing Between Ambulances and Physician at the Emergency Medical Dispatch Center, Effects on On-Site Patient Treatment and Patterns of Referral
The prehospital resources are limited. The emergency medical dispatch center (EMDC) is manned by qualified health care personnel around the clock.
- Trial name
- NCT02095067
- Testing
- Video consultation
- Where
- 2 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Cardiac Arrest
Intraosseous vs Intravenous Access for Cardiac Arrest Treatment
In patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Singapore, investigators aim to assess the benefit of introducing a resuscitation protocol including the use of intravenous (IV) access and/or intraosseous (IO) vascular access…
- Trial name
- NCT02088736
- Testing
- Intraosseous, Intravenous
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 1,103 people
- Sponsor
- Singapore General Hospital
Emergencies, mHealth
Feasibility and Efficacy of Ambulance-Based m-Health for Pediatric Emergencies (FEAMER) Trial
Investigators hypothesize that in a low-resource setting, linking ambulances that transport acutely ill children to a remote pediatric emergency physician using a simple audio-video device will improve the quality of these…
- Conditions
- Emergencies, mHealth, Child Health, Critical Illness
- Trial name
- FEAMER (NCT07027813)
- Testing
- Telemedicine, Control
- Where
- 3 sites in Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 900 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Acute Pain
Penthrox Versus Tramadol for SCDF
Introduction Current practice in Singapore Emergency Ambulance Service (EAS) includes the use of analgesia delivered via inhalation Enthanox (Nitrous Oxide).
- Trial name
- PENTRA (NCT01887951)
- Testing
- Penthrox Inhaler, Tramadol Injection
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 380 people
- Sponsor
- Singapore General Hospital
Traffic Accidents
The Impact of Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) on Outcome of Traffic Injury
Trauma is the leading cause of death among persons below 60 years of age. It is a well-established belief that optimal treatment in the early phase after trauma has a major impact on mortality, and the implementation of specific…
- Trial name
- NCT01603537
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 40,000 people
- Sponsor
- Uppsala University Hospital
Alcohol Use, Unspecified, Substance Use
Ambulance Calls for Substance Use and Alcohol in a Pandemic (ASAP)
The Primary objective is to explore ambulance service attendance at incidents involving alcohol and/or substance use over the period of the pandemic lockdown, and the following months.
- Conditions
- Alcohol Use, Unspecified, Substance Use, Intoxication Alcohol, Emergencies
- Trial name
- ASAP (NCT04474444)
- Testing
- attendance by ambulance crew
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 55,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Lincoln
Cardiac Arrest
Laryngeal Tube vs Laryngeal Mask Airway
Introduction: The laryngeal mask airway (LMA) is used as the primary airway by paramedics in Singapore Civil Defense Force's Emergency Ambulance Service (SCDF's EAS) in the management of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, because…
- Trial name
- NCT02607644
- Testing
- Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA), Laryngeal Tube (LT)
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 965 people
- Sponsor
- Singapore General Hospital
Wounds and Injuries, Accidents, Occupational
Work Related Injuries Among Prehospital Emergency Medical Staff, an Observational Study
Ambulance personnel often work in a dangerous environment and work related injuries of emergency medical staff have repeatedly been documented.
- Trial name
- NCT01091610
- Testing
- no intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in Switzerland
- Sponsor
- Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Prehospital Telemedicine Feasibility/Acceptability Pilot
Teleconsultation, or the use of video telecommunications technology to deliver expert recommendations for care remotely, has been used to improve the safety and quality of emergency care for children in hospital-based acute care…
- Trial name
- NCT05967624
- Testing
- Teleconsultation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center