Clinical trials: Medical Emergencies
One-year Outcome After Prehospital Intubation
One-year Outcome After Prehospital Intubation
The primary aim of this study was to describe the long-term outcome of critically ill or severely injured patients not in cardiac arrest treated by an EMS physician.
- Trial name
- NCT02307123
- Testing
- Intubation
- Volunteers
- 483 people
- Sponsor
- Tampere University Hospital
Pediatric Emergency Care
PECARN Emergency Care Registry
The objectives of this study are to: develop an emergency care visit registry for pediatric patients for Quality Improvement purposes and to support future research; to use the emergency care visit registry to collect…
- Trial name
- NCT01657344
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 2,019,461 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Cardiac Arrest
Improving Cardiac Arrest Diagnostic Accuracy of Emergency Medical Dispatchers
The main goal of this project is to help 9-1-1 emergency medical dispatchers save the lives of more cardiac arrest victims. The investigators will develop teaching tools to help the dispatchers recognize abnormal breathing that…
- Trial name
- NCT01872325
- Testing
- Education
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,076 people
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Fracture of Cervical Spine
Evaluation of the Safety of C-Spine Clearance by Paramedics
The goal of this cohort study is to evaluate the safety and potential impact of an active strategy that allows paramedics to assess very low-risk trauma patients with the Canadian C-Spine Rule (CCR) and transport them to the…
- Trial name
- NCT01188447
- Testing
- Canadian C-Spine Rule
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 4,034 people
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
General Medicine, Emergency Medicine
Improving Follow-Up for Discharged Emergency Care Patients
This study's purpose is to test the effects of an electronic health intervention platform developed by Epharmix (also known as CareSignal), which features two-way SMS text messages and phone calls intended to improve clinical…
- Conditions
- General Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Mobile Health
- Trial name
- NCT03002311
- Testing
- Epharmix/CareSignal eHealth
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 327 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Fever
Hospital Admissions in Children Aged 3 Months to 5 Years Presenting With Fever to the Emergency Department
This study primarily aims to describe factors associated with hospitalisation of children aged 3 months to 5 years presenting with fever to an urban paediatric A\&E departments by describing and analysing characteristics both of…
- Trial name
- NCT01196793
- Where
- 2 sites in Switzerland, United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 108 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Status Epilepticus
Paramedic Treatment of Prolonged Seizures by Intramuscular Versus Intravenous Anticonvulsant Medications
The goal of this non-inferiority trial is to determine which type of routine care is the best for paramedics to stop someone from seizing.
- Trial name
- RAMPART (NCT00809146)
- Testing
- Intramuscular route of active treatment, Intravenous route of active treatment
- Where
- 17 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,023 people
- Sponsor
- Robert Silbergleit
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