Status:
COMPLETED
Airway Management Study in Physician Manned Helicopter Emergency Medical Services
Lead Sponsor:
Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation
Collaborating Sponsors:
Haukeland University Hospital
Conditions:
Trauma
Cardiac Arrest
Eligibility:
All Genders
Brief Summary
An international airway management expert group has recently developed an Utstein-style template for uniform reporting of data from prehospital advanced airway management. Implementing and validating ...
Detailed Description
Advanced airway management and ventilatory control is generally regarded as vital in the management of seriously ill or injured patients, and can be critical interventions in patients with out-of-hosp...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- All patients requiring and receiving prehospital advanced airway management on HEMS primary missions.
- Advanced airway management is defined as the attempted insertion of an advanced airway adjunct (including endotracheal intubation, alternative airways, and surgical airway /cricothyroidectomy) or the administration of ventilatory assistance/support (including bag-mask ventilation-BMV, BIPAP/CPAP or other ventilatory support).
- Advanced prehospital advanced airway management is further defined as any airway management beyond manual opening of the airway and use of simple airway adjuncts, such as a Guedel airway or supplemental oxygen
Exclusion
- Patients receiving advanced airway management during so-called secondary missions (or inter-hospital transfer).
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2012
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
2333 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01502111
Start Date
January 1 2012
End Date
March 1 2013
Last Update
May 8 2013
Active Locations (1)
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Department of Research and Development, Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation
Drøbak, Drøbak, Norway, 1441