Active clinical trials for "Emergencies"

Venipuncture and intravenous (IV) access continue to be the most common causes of pain and distress among children in the pediatric emergency department. Virtual reality has been successful for reducing pain and fear in many clinical scenarios, including port access in oncology patients, anxiety disorders, phobias, burn and wound care and others. There is only one previous study examining virtual reality distraction to reduce procedural pain during IV insertion in pediatric patients and no previous studies examining this in the emergency department setting. In this study, the investigators will compare immersive virtual reality (an interactive underwater environment) to the current standard (tablet device/iPad playing a movie) for distraction to reduce procedural pain during IV insertion. The investigators hypothesize that the immersive quality of the virtual reality will reduce patient's pain scores, fear scores and tachycardia during and after the procedure, and have minimal effect on departmental flow and nursing satisfaction. If this feasibility pilot study yields positive results, the investigators plan to expand to a larger randomized control trial.

Between 10 and 12% of the general population suffers from epistaxis, out of which 10% would need to be medically managed. Most of patients treated for epistaxis are managed through emergency departments. The involvement of the ENT (ear, nose and throat) surgeon might be required in more complex situations in order to control bleeding. Usually, nasal packing packing is used as a first line option after failure of digital compression. Epistaxis balloons are often used after failure of nasal packing Balloons are effective in approximately 60% of the patients with a rapid control of bleeding by compression followed by an absence of rebreeding after balloon removal. The main challenges for patients treated with this device are i) pain upon balloon introduction and inflation ii) discomfort upon introduction in the nasal cavity as well as during balloon maintenance during 24 to 72 hours of tamponade iii) blood retention between distal and proximal balloons that favors infection iv) limited breathing capabilities through the nostrils which increases general discomfort v) negative aesthetic impact for the patient vi) septal and alar necrosis risk in case of prolonged compression. Moreover, epistaxis leading to an hospitalization between 24 to 48h are not rare (>11 000 in France in 2017 according to ATIH). Those hospitalizations are often decided in order to ensure an optimal patient monitoring following packing or epistaxis balloon placement. In order to address those adverse events while keeping the same efficacy and avoiding hospitalizations or reducing their duration, the use of an asymmetric, more physiological, easy to use and mainly intranasal (discreet proximal extremity) is studied.

Contrast to conventional Western medicine, traditional Chinese medicine is the most common used therapy of complementary and alternative medicine. Taiwan inherits traditional Chinese culture, and the people popularly accept traditional Chinese medicine for general diseases. However, most patients with acute or critical illness are used to admit to emergency department for medical services, and then transfer to the department of related specialist for further treatment. During the course of staying at emergent observation room, some diseases do not meet the criteria of admission and keep for evaluation. The longer of staying at emergent observation room the more waste medical resources. The Chinese medicine department of Changhua Christian hospital has treated patients, who consulted us at their own dispense, with subjective discomfort but remained at the emergent observation room. Detailed contents of this study include the Chinese and Western medicine, pharmaceutical, nursing cooperation mode, monitoring clinical effect of treating of the patients diagnosed with intestinal obstruction or ileus who complain about nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, abdominal distension or constipation.And the patients were assigned to the control and treatment group. Then we give the treatment group with the electroacupuncture treatment,and the control groupe with the Chinese medicine seeds and the transcutaneous nerve stimulation (no power).The patients were diagnosed with objective analysis of tongue diagnosis, pulse diagnosis, heart rate variability, and questionnaire of pain. Hope that we can assess the efficacy of both two different treatment,and also assess the cost of medical care, and try to complete the syndromes statistical analysis of traditional Chinese medicine for abdominal pain, building the relevance of Chinese medicine physical assessment teaching and clinical efficacy. The most important of this clinical teaching is that, this is a good opportunity for Chinese medicine and Western medicine to cooperate with each other at the emergency department to confirm the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine, not only in the field of chronic or geriatric diseases, but also in the field of emergency with the evidence base. This factually achieves communication and integration of Chinese and Western medicine, and benefits the public.

Clinical trial to compare pain relief between methoxyflurane and any analgesic treatment used in usual clinical practice, in patients with trauma and associated pain, treated in Spanish emergency units.

This study compares the efficacy of five oral analgesics: 5 mg oxycodone + 325 mg acetaminophen, 5 mg hydrocodone + 300 mg acetaminophen, 30 mg codeine + 300 mg acetaminophen, 400 mg ibuprofen + 1000 mg acetaminophen, and 800 mg ibuprofen + 1000 mg acetaminophen for the treatment of patients with acute musculoskeletal pain who present to the Emergency Department (ED).

To determine the impact, if any the application of oxygen during the apnea period of rapid sequence intubation has on patients being intubated in the emergency department.

This study will compare the efficacy of isopropyl alcohol and conventional anti-emetics with three study arms: (1) inhaled isopropyl alcohol plus oral ondansetron; (2) inhaled isopropyl alcohol plus oral placebo; (3) inhaled placebo plus oral ondansetron.

The randomized controlled study aims was to investigate the pain control of Battle Field Acupuncture as Primary or Adjunctive Treatment in Back Pain (Acute Musculoskeletal pain) in the (acute pain setting) Emergency Department vs stand of care pain medications.

To assess the impact of rapid diagnostic testing of patients with Acute Respiratory Tract Infection (ARTI) at the emergency department, on (1) hospital admission rates and (2) antimicrobial prescriptions (days of treatment) and (3) the non-inferiority in terms of clinical outcome. Geographical and seasonal variation will be assessed on a real time basis including pathogens of public health interest. The impact will be stratified within age groups and risk factors in order to determine the long-term clinical, public health and economic determinants for the integration of diagnostics in a global and sustainable perspective.

Acute soft tissues injuries are a common complaint for emergency department (ED) visit. RICE and Topical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are frequently used to reduce pain and inflammation. Herbal therapy is commonly used to treat pain but few studies assessed its efficacy and tolerability.