Back to resultsDoes Assessment of Ambulance Medical Service Leads to Reduced Number of Transports to the Emergency Room?
Primary Purpose
Emergency Medical Service, Assessment, Registered Nurse
Status
Unknown status
Phase
Not Applicable
Locations
Sweden
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
Ambulant assessment
Sponsored by
About this trial
This is an interventional health services research trial for Emergency Medical Service
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- patients >18 years
- ambulance missions in the Community of Borlänge/Falun (case) and Community of Leksand (control)
- weekday and weekend, 08:00 to 22:00
- initially evaluated not to need urgent Medical care according RETTS
Exclusion Criteria:
- initially evaluated need urgent Medical care according RETTS
- the patient unable to give consent to the study
- patient with existing care plan
- ambulance mission without patient
Sites / Locations
- County Council of DalarnaRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm Type
Active Comparator
No Intervention
Arm Label
Intervention
Control
Arm Description
Assessment of Ambulance Medical Service
Local treatment guidelines
Outcomes
Primary Outcome Measures
Number of visits to the Emergency Room
Secondary Outcome Measures
Full Information
NCT ID
NCT03466905
First Posted
February 12, 2017
Last Updated
March 14, 2018
Sponsor
Dalarna County Council, Sweden
Collaborators
County Council of Halland, Sweden
1. Study Identification
Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT03466905
Brief Title
Does Assessment of Ambulance Medical Service Leads to Reduced Number of Transports to the Emergency Room?
Study Type
Interventional
2. Study Status
Record Verification Date
March 2018
Overall Recruitment Status
Unknown status
Study Start Date
November 7, 2016 (Actual)
Primary Completion Date
December 31, 2018 (Anticipated)
Study Completion Date
December 31, 2018 (Anticipated)
3. Sponsor/Collaborators
Responsible Party, by Official Title
Principal Investigator
Name of the Sponsor
Dalarna County Council, Sweden
Collaborators
County Council of Halland, Sweden
4. Oversight
5. Study Description
Brief Summary
There is a need to reduce the number of ambulance transports to the Emergency Room to the patients who are not in need of urgent medical care. There are currently no studies and the aim of the study is to investigate if the ambulance transports to the Emergency Room can be reduced by a dialogue between a Registered Nurse in ambulance and a Medical Doctor in the Primary Care (called "Ambulant assessment"). In this connection there is also a need to follow up patients that not have been transported to the Emergency Room, secondary ambulance transport, relapse within 48 hours, type of examination and treatment and mortality.
6. Conditions and Keywords
Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Emergency Medical Service, Assessment, Registered Nurse
7. Study Design
Primary Purpose
Health Services Research
Study Phase
Not Applicable
Interventional Study Model
Parallel Assignment
Masking
ParticipantCare Provider
Allocation
Non-Randomized
Enrollment
100 (Anticipated)
8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions
Arm Title
Intervention
Arm Type
Active Comparator
Arm Description
Assessment of Ambulance Medical Service
Arm Title
Control
Arm Type
No Intervention
Arm Description
Local treatment guidelines
Intervention Type
Other
Intervention Name(s)
Ambulant assessment
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Number of visits to the Emergency Room
Time Frame
Up to 24 months
10. Eligibility
Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
18 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
patients >18 years
ambulance missions in the Community of Borlänge/Falun (case) and Community of Leksand (control)
weekday and weekend, 08:00 to 22:00
initially evaluated not to need urgent Medical care according RETTS
Exclusion Criteria:
initially evaluated need urgent Medical care according RETTS
the patient unable to give consent to the study
patient with existing care plan
ambulance mission without patient
Facility Information:
Facility Name
County Council of Dalarna
City
Falun
State/Province
Dalarna
ZIP/Postal Code
79141
Country
Sweden
Individual Site Status
Recruiting
Facility Contact:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Anneli C Strömsöe, PhD
Phone
+4623490068
Email
anneli.stromsoe@ltdalarna.se
12. IPD Sharing Statement
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