Clinical trials: Ambulances
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
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
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
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
Cardiac Arrest, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Comparison of Manual Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Versus Automatic CPR Machine During Ambulance Transport.
This is a randomized controlled prospective study which assigned patient to receive manual CPR or automatic CPR machine use. The quality and efficacy between manual CPR and machine CPR will be evaluated.
- Trial name
- NCT00308815
- Testing
- Automatic CPR machine
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
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
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
Patient Safety, Medication Administration
Team Training and Medication Administration in an Ambulance Service
Medication administration events have the potential to cause patient harm. Frequency of medication administration events in the ambulance services is less known.
- Trial name
- TEAM-AMB (NCT05244928)
- Testing
- The team training program "Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety®"
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 131 people
- Sponsor
- Sykehuset Innlandet HF
Exanguination, Trauma Coagulopathy
Stability of Blood Clotting Products Stored in Emergency Ambulances Under Real-World Conditions
Emergency medical service (EMS) vehicles are exposed to a wide range of environmental conditions, including high temperatures during summer months.
- Trial name
- STABLE-EMS (NCT07646964)
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 2 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Graz
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
Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Ambulance Clinicians' Experiences of Attending OHCA in Children
This research will explore ambulance clinicians' experiences of attending out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) incidents involving children. OHCA occurs when the heart stops beating.
- Trial name
- NCT06922019
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 2,137 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Warwick
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