Status:
COMPLETED
Active Warming in Prehospital Trauma Care
Lead Sponsor:
Umeå University
Collaborating Sponsors:
Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Sweden
Conditions:
Body Core Temperature
Thermal Comfort
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Prevention and treatment of hypothermia by active warming in prehospital trauma care is recommended but scientifical evidence of its effectiveness in a clinical setting is scarce. The objective of thi...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Subjects were sequential trauma patients, age ≥ 18 years, who had sustained an injury outdoors and were transported by one of the participating EMS units.
Exclusion
- Patients were excluded if initial level of consciousness was affected, (Glasgow Coma Scale \< 15), if they required prehospital CPR or if duration of transportation was expected to be shorter than 10 minutes.
- As the aim of the study was to investigate the effect of active warming intervention in cold stressed patients, those patients who had already received active warming or had been taken indoors for more than 10 minutes before EMS unit arrival or had an initial cold discomfort rating ≤ 2 were also excluded.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 2007
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
48 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01400152
Start Date
December 1 2007
End Date
May 1 2010
Last Update
July 22 2011
Active Locations (1)
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Department of Surgery and Perioperative Sciences, Umeå University
Umeå, Sweden, 901 85