Clinical trials: Medical Emergencies
Medical Education in Emergency Ultrasound
Training Concepts in Emergency Ultrasonography
Emergency ultrasound examinations are increasingly important diagnostic tools in emergency and critical care medicine. This study wants to analyze different types of education for undergraduate students.
- Trial name
- NCT02671201
- Testing
- Education
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Cologne
Fall, Accidental, Fall
Transport PLUS Intervention
Hypothesis: 'Transport PLUS,' a low cost, easily generalizable intervention performed by Emergency Medical Technicians while transporting a patient home from the hospital, can improve transitions of care and improve patient…
- Conditions
- Fall, Accidental, Fall, Hospital Readmission, Emergency Medical Services
- Trial name
- NCT03046771
- Testing
- Transport PLUS group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Sedentary Behavior, Occupational Stress
Effects of a Sedentary Behaviors at Work on Health in Emergency Medical Dispatchers and CODIS Operators (SECODIS)
The purpose of the study is to study changes in sedentary behavior following a behavioral intervention (sit-and-stand desk, and cycloergometer)
- Trial name
- SECODIS (NCT05931406)
- Testing
- Control, Sit-and-stand desk, Cycloergometer
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
Immobilization
Time Performance of Scoop Stretcher Versus Vacuum Mattress for Prehospital Spinal Stabilization
A simulation-based randomized controlled trial was designed with the objective to assess the time needed to achieve spinal stabilization using a scoop stretcher compared to a vacuum mattress.
- Trial name
- NCT04904770
- Testing
- Scoop stretcher, Vacuum mattress
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stuby Loric
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
Cardiovascular Diseases, Diabetes Mellitus
A Community Paramedicine Initiative for Older Adults Living in Subsidized Housing (CHAP-EMS/CP@Clinic)
Older adults living in subsidized housing report poorer health. Their age and low income make it harder for them to use community services.
- Trial name
- CHAP-EMS (NCT02152891)
- Testing
- CHAP-EMS/CP@clinic
- Where
- 5 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Education, Medical
Study of Virtual Simulated Resuscitation in Junior Clinicians
The investigators seek to examine the impact of virtual patient simulation on junior clinicians' resuscitation skills in an academic emergency department.
- Trial name
- NCT05201950
- Testing
- Virtual simulation, Team based in situ simulation
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National University Hospital, Singapore
Stress, Pupillometry
Stress Evaluation and Management Using High Fidelity Simulation in Medical Education
The goal of this interventional study is to collect clinical and neurophysiological information to determine whether high-fidelity simulation can serve as a stress-inducing stimulus in a population of healthy residents (Emergency…
- Conditions
- Stress, Pupillometry, High Fidelity Simulation Training, Resident Education
- Trial name
- STRATAGEM (NCT06916949)
- Testing
- Electrocardiogram, Pupillometry, Electroencephalogram
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Primary Healthcare, Out-of-hours Medical Care
The (Cost-)Effectiveness of Physician Assistants Working at the Primary Out of Hours Emergency Service
The aim of this study is to explore the effect of substituting General Practitioners (GPs) by Physician Assistants (PAs) in out-of-hours primary care.
- Trial name
- NCT02417181
- Testing
- Care provided by Physician Assistants
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 10,161 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Radboud University Medical Center
Wounds and Injuries, Trauma
Study of Team Leadership Training Effect on Patient Care
Brief Summary: Trauma is a major public health burden; it is the fifth most common cause of mortality overall in the US and accounts for the majority of deaths in patients younger than 45.
- Trial name
- NCT03155490
- Testing
- Leadership training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 79 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Occupational Exposure, Occupational Problems
Relationship Between Health Risk and Occupational Exposure of ED
This study established a sub-cohort of emergency medical workers, for the development of health care and disease prevention solution, by identifying epidemiological characteristics and factors related to occupational exposure.
- Conditions
- Occupational Exposure, Occupational Problems, Occupational Burnout, Medical Emergencies
- Trial name
- NCT05651477
- Testing
- Wearable Device (Smart Watch), Edge-Box
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 105 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Samsung Medical Center
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
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Education
Sustainable Solutions for Paediatric Basic Life Support Training in Day Care Centres
In a randomised non-inferiority trial the investigators examine two training interventions to train paediatric basic life support to laypersons: Dyad training vs Instructor led training.
- Conditions
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Education, Medical Emergencies
- Trial name
- NCT03469154
- Testing
- Dyad training method, Instructor led training method
- Volunteers
- 569 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation
Housing Instability, High Emergency Department Utilization
Housing Prescriptions as Health Care
Housing Prescriptions as Health Care is a research project studying the effects of an innovative intervention that combines services across the health, housing, social and legal service sectors in order to improve housing…
- Conditions
- Housing Instability, High Emergency Department Utilization, Medical Complexity
- Trial name
- NCT02816294
- Testing
- Housing Prescription
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 78 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Cardiac Arrest, Cardiopulmonary Arrest
Continuous Compressions With Asynchronous Ventilations Using I-gel Device Versus 30:2 Approach During Simulated OHCA
Paramedics and EMT will be recruited among four Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in Switzerland to manage a 10-minutes simulation-based adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest scenario in teams of two.
- Conditions
- Cardiac Arrest, Cardiopulmonary Arrest, Emergency Medical Services, Resuscitation
- Trial name
- NCT04736446
- Testing
- I-gel® supraglottic device, Face mask ventilation
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Geneve TEAM Ambulances
Sleep Disorder (Disorder)
The Correlation Between Sleep Quality and Sleep Aid Use and Dietary Patterns
In this study, medical staff in emergency and critical care departments were investigated. It was assumed that the use of sleep aids and dietary patterns affected their sleep quality.
- Trial name
- NCT07019948
- Volunteers
- 378 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wei XIA, PhD
Mindfulness
Mindfulness and Executive Functions for Prediction of Non-technical Skills of Students in Pediatric Medical Simulations
Medical simulation is a technique that creates a situation or environment to allow persons to experience a representation of a real event for the purpose of practice, learning, evaluation, testing or to gain understanding of…
- Trial name
- MindExSim (NCT03761355)
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Bialystok
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
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
No Medical Condition
The Effect of Taboo Game-Based Reinforcement on Medication Instruction
Pharmacology courses are included in nursing curricula, and education on drug knowledge and drug administration is provided in basic nursing courses from the first year of education.
- Trial name
- NCT07728110
- Testing
- Game, Question-and-answer method
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 111 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ankara Medipol University