Clinical trials: Ambulances
Occupational Exposure
Prehospital Inhaled Methoxyflurane Non-Clinical Occupational Exposure Study
Methoxyflurane is an anesthetic gas and at low doses has shown to help with pain. Methoxyflurane was approved in Canada in 2018. Low-dose methoxyflurane is self-administered by patients via a handheld inhaler.
- Trial name
- NCT05766397
- Testing
- Methoxyflurane
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Emergencies
Improvement of Ambulance Response Times in Karachi, Pakistan
The investigators hypothesize that spatial analysis of the location data of ambulance calls can improve prehospital care provided by Aman Foundation in Karachi, Pakistan by decreasing ambulance response times for high acuity…
- Trial name
- NCT02743169
- Testing
- Spatially-Optimized
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
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
Normal, EEG
Exploratory Study on Artifact Denoising of Cerebral Blood Flow and EEG Data in Ambulance Settings
The purpose is to assess the extent of digital noise occurring during the measurement of cerebral blood flow and EEG in healthy adults within an ambulance setting and to explore the possibility of identifying and correcting…
- Conditions
- Normal, EEG, FNIRS
- Trial name
- NCT06701708
- Testing
- Participants are not assigned to interventions based on a protocol.
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital
Pain, Acute
Prehospital Analgesia in Adults Using Inhaled Methoxyflurane Study
This study is about a new pain relief medication called methoxyflurane. Pain from injuries, like broken bones, is a big reason people call ambulances.
- Trial name
- NCT06392087
- Testing
- Methoxyflurane, Standard Care
- Volunteers
- 1,800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Ambulances, Traumatic Brain Injury
Differences in Mortality and Morbidity in Patients Suffering a Time-critical Condition Between GEMS and HEMS
Introduction: Patients suffering a time-critical medical condition require rapid prehospital assessment and treatment and most often quick transportation to definitive care. This can be decisive for patient outcome.
- Conditions
- Ambulances, Traumatic Brain Injury, Acute Myocardial Infarction
- Trial name
- NCT03940443
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dalarna County Council, Sweden
Burn Out, EMS Exposures or Injuries of EMS Personnel
The Effects of Dog Therapy on Ambulance Staff Burnout Scores.
Problem During the COVID 19 pandemic, NHS staff have become increasingly burned out. Mental health is the leading cause of staff sickness and absence in the NHS.
- Trial name
- Pawamedics (NCT05438745)
- Testing
- Copenhagen Burnout Inventry
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Safety Issues
Standardization of Ambulance Equipment
The aim of the research is to find out what effect the standardization of ambulance equipment has on the speed of performing specific medical procedures.
- Trial name
- NCT04774900
- Testing
- Administration of oxygen, Administration of drug in a nebulizer, Securing intravenous line
- Where
- Czechia
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- David Peran
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
Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Use of Blood Ketone Meters to Improve Ambulance Hyperglycaemia Care
In this KARMA2 feasibility study the investigators are testing whether ambulance staff can reliably and safely identify patients at high risk of diabetic ketoacidosis using blood ketone meters and start fluid (saline) therapy…
- Trial name
- KARMA2 (NCT04940897)
- Testing
- Use of CareSens ketone meter
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 420 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Chest Pain, Electrocardiography
Timely Acquirement of 12-lead ECG Using Patchy-type Wireless Device by Emergency Medical Technician in Ambulance
In this study, the investigators compare timely acquirement and effectiveness of 12-lead ECG using patchy-type wireless versus using defibrillator which contain ECG examination function in ambulance.
- Trial name
- NCT04114760
- Testing
- patchy-type wireless ECG, defibrillator ECG
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Samsung Medical Center
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
Telemedicine, Disaster Medicine
Feasibility of Telemedicine Under Ambulance Station Conditions
Our aim is to evaluate the feasibility of telemedicine in context of medical service in an ambulance station and in a further step in context of civil defense situations.
- Conditions
- Telemedicine, Disaster Medicine, Emergency Medicine
- Trial name
- NCT05388071
- Testing
- Usage of telemedicine and tele-consultation for treatment
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 404 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- RWTH Aachen University
Endotracheal Intubation
Augmented Reality Smart Glasses Versus Video Laryngoscopy During Ambulance Transport
This randomized crossover simulation study evaluated the performance of augmented reality (AR) smart glasses compared with conventional video laryngoscopy (VL) for endotracheal intubation under simulated prehospital ambulance…
- Trial name
- AR-AMBULANCE (NCT07865663)
- Testing
- Augmented Reality-Assisted Laryngoscopy, Video Laryngoscopy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- ONUR KARAKAYALI
Emergency Patients Being Transported by Rescue Ambulance
Data Acquisition for Connected Network for EMSs Comprehensive Technical-support Using Artificial Intelligence
Currently, the domestic emergency medical system is disconnected from the information flow between hospitals, emergency sites, and control agencies, which are participants in the emergency medical system, and there are…
- Trial name
- NCT05939258
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 15,296 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yonsei University
Emergency Medical Services, Nursing Care
High-Sensitivity Troponin I in Addition to Guideline-Based Care in EMS
The TIGER study is a study investigating the utlility of a point-of-care blood analyse of Troponin I to help identify patients with heart attacks in the prehospital emergency care.
- Conditions
- Emergency Medical Services, Nursing Care, Cardiology, Myocardial Infarction
- Trial name
- TIGER (NCT07008391)
- Testing
- high sensitivity Troponin I
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 1,419 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
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
Technical Feasibility, Ambulances
Technical Feasibility Study of a Novel Wearable Capnograph (MARIE) in an Emergency Care Environment, Part 1
You have been assessed by paramedics as needing to go to the emergency department. During transport, the paramedics will monitor you by, for example, measuring your blood pressure and checking your pulse.
- Trial name
- MARIE (NCT06905613)
- Testing
- Technical feasibility study of a novel wearable capnograph (MARIE) in an emergency care environment
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Uppsala University
Cardiac Arrest, Out-Of-Hospital
Drone Delivered Defibrillators (The 3D Project).
The goal of this observational study is to explore the optimisation and integration of a drone-delivered Automated External Defibrillator (AED) system into the pre-hospital response to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
- Trial name
- NCT06334718
- Testing
- Interviews and simulation
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Warwick