Clinical trials: Emergency Care
Medical Scribes
Evaluation of the Use of Medical Scribes in VAMC Emergency Departments and Specialty Care Clinics
Background and study aims: Medical scribes are trained paraprofessionals that assist providers with documenting patient encounters.
- Trial name
- NCT04154462
- Testing
- Scribes
- Where
- 12 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Boston Healthcare System
Emergencies, Diabetes Mellitus
Geography of ED Use and Population Health
The goal of this study is to create predictive models of emergency care and metrics for population health that can be used to analyze how events like hospital closures or disasters like Hurricane Sandy affect health care…
- Trial name
- NCT03254524
- Testing
- Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System Database
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Maternal Morbidity and Mortality, Stillbirth and Neonatal Mortality
Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care: The EmONC Trial
The objective of this cluster randomized controlled trial is to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality by increasing access to and improving the quality of obstetric and neonatal care for pregnant women in study clusters.
- Trial name
- EmONC (NCT01073488)
- Testing
- Community Mobilization, HBLSS and facility improvement
- Where
- 7 sites in Argentina, Guatemala and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 267,181 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health
Pediatric Emergency Care
The Effect of Using a Stress Ball and Watching Cartoons on Fear and Pain Levels During Enemas in Children Aged 6-12
Aim: The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of using a stress ball and watching cartoons during the enema procedure-performed as part of the diagnosis and treatment process-on the levels of fear and pain in children…
- Trial name
- NCT07754136
- Testing
- Cartoon watching group, Stress ball group
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 174 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tarsus University
Out-of-hours Care Services, Primary Healthcare
The Effect of Substitution of Out-of-hours Care From General Practitioners to Nurse Practitioners
The aim of this study is to explore the effects of substitution in out-of-hours primary care. In consecutive stages an extra General Practitioner (GP) is substituted by a Nurse Practitioner (NP) aiming at replacing 3 out of 4 GPs…
- Trial name
- NCT02407847
- Testing
- care provided by Nurse Practitioners
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 9,647 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Radboud University Medical Center
After-hours Care
Differentiated Access to Out-of-hours Primary Care Through Emergency Access
The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to test the use of an emergency button that allows patients to jump the telephone waiting line at the out-of-hours primary care in two regions in Denmark if they perceive their…
- Trial name
- Akutknappen (NCT02572115)
- Testing
- Akutknappen - used, Akutknappen - not used
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 7,385 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Emergency
Measurement of Care Safety Culture in French ICU, Correlation With the Characteristics of Morbi-mortality Reviews
The tools to measure safety culture (CS) have recently become available. No study has focused on the measure in France, apart from pilot studies.
- Trial name
- REA-C-SUR (NCT02880826)
- Testing
- Measure the culture of safety in the reanimation units
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 4,800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nantes University Hospital
Emergency
Primary-care-provider Identification And Notification
New York-Presbyterian Hospital has created a system that notifies its primary care providers whenever their patients are admitted to the hospital.
- Trial name
- PIANO (NCT01984645)
- Testing
- Notification
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7,023 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Sneezing
"Anticipatory Guidance in the Nursery and Its Impact on Non-urgent Emergency Department Visits"
Kennedy et al, in a study of pediatric Emergency Department (ED) use by newborns less than 14 days of age, revealed that half of all visits in this population were non-acute problems.
- Conditions
- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Sneezing, Constipation, Nasal Congestion and Inflammations
- Trial name
- NCT01859065
- Testing
- Intensified anticipatory guidance, Routine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 323 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center Health Care System
Field Physician Care, Analgesics
Analgesia in ÖAMTC Helicopter Emergency Service in Austria
A sufficient analgesia in injured or sick people is the main goal of physicians treating a patient. In emergency medicine potent analgesia like ketamine or opioids are routinely used.
- Conditions
- Field Physician Care, Analgesics, Hypnotics, Emergencies
- Trial name
- NCT03760302
- Testing
- analgesics, hypnotics
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 35,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University Innsbruck
Asthma, Medical Informatics
A Reminder System for Paper-Based Asthma Guidelines in the Pediatric Emergency Department
The primary idea is that the use of a computerized reminder system to help with the guideline implementation will increase utilization and adherence of guideline-driven care, leading to improved patient outcomes.
- Trial name
- NCT00699439
- Testing
- Paper-based asthma flow diagram
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,102 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Trauma, Road (Traffic) Accident [RTA] Nos
Pre-hospital Care Profile of Road Traffic Injury Victims- Kerala
Selection of appropriate strategies and correct policy-making in these conditions may lead to decreased rates of death due to RTI.There is a lack of research on the effectiveness of pre-hospital care in Kerala.
- Trial name
- PCP-K (NCT04577924)
- Testing
- Interview
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 978 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute
Infiltration, Intravenous
The Effect of Care Bundle in Preventing the Frequency of Peripheral Intravenous Catheter-related Infiltration and Phlebitis in the Pediatric Emergency Department
This quasi-experimental study evaluates the effectiveness of a care bundle in preventing peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC)-related infiltration and phlebitis in pediatric emergency department patients.
- Conditions
- Infiltration, Intravenous, Phlebitis, Pediatrics
- Trial name
- NCT07649499
- Testing
- Care Bundle for PIVC Management
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
Back Pain
Characteristics of Back Pain Attendances at ED
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
- NCT03762174
- Volunteers
- 62,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Matt Capsey
Unmet Need for Contraception, Uptake of HIV Prevention
Mobile Health Supported Self-care Among Tertiary Education Students in Zimbabwe
Young people of ages 15-24 years, particularly those in Sub-Saharan Africa, do not optimally take up HIV services (HIV testing, HIV prevention and HIV treatment) and contraception.
- Conditions
- Unmet Need for Contraception, Uptake of HIV Prevention, Healthy Participants
- Trial name
- MASCOT (NCT07403318)
- Testing
- MASCOT
- Where
- Zimbabwe
- Volunteers
- 16,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Emergency Service, Hospital, Medication Reconciliation
Medication Reconciliation in an Emergency Department: How to Prioritize Patients ?
Medication reconciliation has proven its efficiency in improving patients' care, especially for emergency patients. This study aimed to identify risk factors of unintended medication discrepancies (UMD) in an emergency…
- Trial name
- NCT03955965
- Testing
- Medication reconciliation
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fondation Hôpital Saint-Joseph
Dehydration, Seizure
Point of Care Device Use in the Pediatric Emergency Department
To compare the effect of "point-of-care" (POC) analysis of blood work with traditional laboratory methods on length of stay in a pediatric emergency department (PED).
- Conditions
- Dehydration, Seizure, Gastroenteritis, Hyperglycemia
- Trial name
- NCT00285285
- Testing
- Point of Care Device; i-Stat Analyzer
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
PROM, Satisfaction, Patient
Assessment of the Humanisation of Care in Hospitals in Andalusia-Spain
Observational assessment through patient interviews of relational, structural and organisational aspects related to the humanisation of health care.
- Conditions
- PROM, Satisfaction, Patient, Satisfaction, Personal, Stress
- Trial name
- HUMANCUIDA (NCT06174844)
- Testing
- No intervention applied
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 3,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Seville
Scalp Laceration
Comparison Study on Hair Apposition Technique Performed Between Nurses and Doctors in Emergency Department.
The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness, complications and benefits of Hair Apposition Technique(HAT)performed by nurses or doctors.
- Trial name
- NCT00353769
- Testing
- Hair Apposition Technique
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 360 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Singapore General Hospital
Infectious Mononucleosis, Splenomegaly
The Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Acute Infectious Mononucleosis in the Emergency Department
The purpose of this study is to determine if splenomegaly on point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is an accurate and user-friendly surrogate to the heterophile antibody test and Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) serologies to diagnose acute…
- Trial name
- NCT02463669
- Testing
- Point-of-care ultrasound
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jewish General Hospital