Clinical trials: Emergency Medical Services
Clinical Decision Support, Clinical Practice Guidelines
Professional Development in Emergency Medical Services
The ProDEms-trial focuses on nurses and ambulance drivers working in prehospital care, taking care on the one hand of patients suffering from time-sensitive critical conditions like STEMI, acute stroke or severe traumatic brain…
- Conditions
- Clinical Decision Support, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Emergency Medical Services
- Trial name
- ProDEms (NCT02365792)
- Testing
- Clinical Decision Support Tool for Prehospital Care
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
AED-delivery Using Drones in Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest
Time to defibrillation is the most important predictor of survival in cardiac arrest. Traditional emergency medical system response is often to slow.
- Trial name
- NCT04415398
- Testing
- Automated flying Drone carrying an Automated external defibrillator (AED)
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Epilepsy, Emergency Services, Hospital
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Epilepsy Evaluations in the Pediatric Emergency Department
Background. Seizures are a common cause of evaluation in the pediatric emergency department (ED). Several studies about the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on ED attendances report a considerable reduction in general pediatric care.
- Conditions
- Epilepsy, Emergency Services, Hospital, COVID-19
- Trial name
- NCT06294977
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
Emergency Care, Clinical Decision Support
Artificial Intelligence(AI) in the Emergency Department (ED) in Cologne
This retrospective, non-interventional study evaluates the prognostic performance of open-weight Large Language Models (LLMs) in the setting of a German academic emergency department.
- Conditions
- Emergency Care, Clinical Decision Support, Triage
- Trial name
- KINA-CO (NCT07725965)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 100,000 people
- Sponsor
- University of Cologne
Mental Health Crisis
Mental Health Crisis Training for Police, Firefighters, and Public Health Staff
This study evaluated whether a mental health crisis response training course improved the knowledge, confidence, and attitudes of police officers, firefighters, emergency medical personnel, and public health staff who may…
- Trial name
- NCT07697326
- Testing
- Mental Health Crisis Response Training
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 714 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Far Eastern Memorial Hospital
Suicide, Suicide, Attempted
Suicide Prevention Among Recipients of Care
Randomized controlled trial to determine the best brief suicide prevention intervention for adults and adolescents who screen positive for suicidal ideation or behavior in emergency departments or primary care clinics.
- Conditions
- Suicide, Suicide, Attempted, Suicidal Ideation, Social Support
- Trial name
- SPARC (NCT04893447)
- Testing
- SPI+, SP+CC (Caring Contacts)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,520 people
- Sponsor
- St. Luke's Health System, Boise, Idaho
Telemedicine, Intubation; Difficult or Failed
Teleguidance-facilitated Airway Management
The advent of telemedicine has introduced teleguidance as a promising support to enhance endotracheal intubation skills among inexperienced operators.
- Conditions
- Telemedicine, Intubation; Difficult or Failed, Emergencies
- Trial name
- NCT06497725
- Testing
- Teleguidance-facilitated Airway Management
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 98 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kocaeli University
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Aneurysmal, Emergency Medical Services
A Registry Study for Emergency Medical Service of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in China
This is a staged registry study of early treatment strategy management of acute aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage(aSAH) among different economic development levels areas in China.
- Trial name
- CIAP-5 (NCT03115905)
- Where
- 2 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 6,000 people
- Sponsor
- Xuanwu Hospital, Beijing
Disease Outbreaks, Child
Predictive Tracking of Patient Flow in the Emergency Services During the Virus Winter Epidemics
Epidemics and infectious diseases in general, punctuate much of the activity of an emergency service. The impact of winter infections is particularly important to vulnerable populations such as infant during bronchiolitis…
- Conditions
- Disease Outbreaks, Child, Elderly, Bronchiolitis
- Trial name
- PREDAFLU (NCT02858531)
- Testing
- data retrieval
- Where
- 11 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 760,000 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
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
Cardiac Arrest, Trauma
Pre-Hospital Advanced Airway Management in the Nordic Countries
Pre-Hospital Advanced Airway Management (PHAAM) is a potentially lifesaving intervention. A recent Danish multicentre single country study demonstrated a 99,7% incidence of successful anaesthesiologist pre-hospital endotracheal…
- Conditions
- Cardiac Arrest, Trauma, Traumatic Brain Injury, Hypoventilation
- Trial name
- PHAST (NCT02450071)
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 2,028 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Hemorrhagic Shock, Traumatic Brain Injury
Shock, Whole Blood, and Assessment of TBI S.W.A.T. (LITES TO 2)
The LITES Network is an operational trauma center consortium which has the expertise, track record and confirmed capabilities to conduct prospective, multicenter, injury care and outcomes research of relevance to the Department…
- Trial name
- SWAT (NCT03402035)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,051 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Appendicitis
EHR-based Decision Support for Pediatric Acute Abdominal Pain in Emergency Care
Although appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency in children, its diagnosis remains a challenge and thus, emergency department (ED) providers increasingly rely on computed tomography to distinguish appendicitis from…
- Trial name
- Appy-CDS (NCT02633735)
- Testing
- Appy CDS
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 5,940 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- HealthPartners Institute
Traumatic Injuries, Prehospital Emergency Care
Study of Pre Hospital Management of Polytrauma Patients by Medical Teams From a Department in the Parisian Region
To study the impact of prehospital management duration by SMUR teams in the Essonne department (91) on early patient mortality (within 24 hours) and to analyze the procedures performed on scene.
- Conditions
- Traumatic Injuries, Prehospital Emergency Care, Early Mortality
- Trial name
- DELTA-91 (NCT07414186)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Sud Francilien
Non-technical Skills
Observation of Non-technical Skills in the Pre-hospital Care in the Czech Republic
The aim of the study is to find out if the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) crews are using the non-technical skills (e.g. communication, decision making, situational awareness etc.) in the real practice and how well they use…
- Trial name
- NTS (NCT04503369)
- Testing
- Non-technical skills
- Where
- 3 sites in Czechia
- Volunteers
- 359 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- David Peran
Neck Injuries
A Pragmatic Evaluation of the Canadian C-Spine Rule by Paramedics
Each year, half a million patients with a potential neck (c-spine) injury are transported to Ontario emergency departments (ED). Less than 1% of all these patients actually have a neck bone fracture.
- Trial name
- NCT02786966
- Testing
- Canadian C-Spine Rule
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 3,646 people
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
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
Surgical Complication, Emergencies
Implementation of an Epidemiological and Clinical Registry of Emergency Surgery Patients in a Costa Rican Hospital
A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted in a quaternary level university hospital of the Costa Rican public health system.
- Trial name
- NCT05930574
- Testing
- Abdominal surgery
- Where
- Costa Rica
- Volunteers
- 575 people
- Sponsor
- Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social
Acute Ischemic Stroke
VAN Assessment Tool in the Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke
To investigate the reliability of VAN tool as administered by Emergency Medical Services personnel to predict presence of a large vessel occlusion in setting of cerebral ischemic infarction
- Trial name
- NCT04951518
- Testing
- VAN Stroke Scale
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Washington Regional Medical Center