10-years Nationwide Alpine Accidents in Austria

A Retrospective 10-years Nationwide Observational Study of Alpine Accidents - Flight Accidents, CPR and AED in Alpine Region, Frostbite Injuries and Lightning Strike

This observational study intends to analyze the characteristic of specific accidents happened in Austrian's mountainous regions. The mechanisms of accidents which are evaluated are lightning accidents, cardiopulmonary resuscitation with or without automated external defibrillator, frostbite injuries, accidents with flying vehicle (e.g. paraglider, hang-glider…).

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Cardiopulmonary Arrest With Successful Resuscitation; Frostbite; Lightning Injuries; Alpine Accident; Flight Accident
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: general and specific data

Detailed Description

The data are collected retrospectively from the database of Austrian alpine police force. These data are analyzed. The information from this database (scene of accident, weather, daytime…) is compared to secondary data collected from the University Hospital of Innsbruck. The comparison of both databases was approved by the Austrian Data Protection Agency. The goal of the study is to give detailed information of circumstances leading to accident and give medical information of the patient's condition and his outcome.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 500

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Austria
  • Innsbruck, Austria, 6020
    • General and Surgical Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: No older than 120 years (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

All Patients in the two databases eligible for the searched injury patterns.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Person suffering the injury searched for;

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

4

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
lightning accident; patients suffered injuries due to lightning strike	Other: general and specific data; General and specific data collected
frostbite; patients suffered injuries due to local hypothermia leading to frostbite injuries	Other: general and specific data; General and specific data collected
cpr and aed; patients suffered cardiac arrest in alpine region treated with or without automated external defibrillatior	Other: general and specific data; General and specific data collected
flight accident; patients suffered injuries due to use of a flying vehicle in mountainous regions.	Other: general and specific data; General and specific data collected

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of persons suffered an accident in Alpine Mountains in Austria	The number of persons (n/year) which suffered one of the specified accidents.	2005-2015
Gender of persons suffered an accident in Alpine Mountains in Austria	Gender male/female or non specified which suffered one of the specified accidents.	2005-2015
Mortality of persons suffered an accident in Alpine Mountains in Austria	Number of persons deceased (deceased/n per year) which suffered one of the specified accidents.	2005-2015

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of pattern like injured patients treated in University Hospital of Innsbruck, a major tertiary trauma center in western Austria.	(n/year) treated in University Hospital of Innsbruck	2005-2015
Gender of pattern like injured patients treated in University Hospital of Innsbruck, a major tertiary trauma center in western Austria.	male/female, unspecified treated in University Hospital of Innsbruck	2005-2015
Injury severity score (ISS) of pattern like injured patients treated in University Hospital of Innsbruck, a major tertiary trauma center in western Austria.	Injury severity score of suffered injury (ISS=AIS*AIS)	2005-2015
Abbreviated Injury severity scale (AIS) of pattern like injured patients treated in University Hospital of Innsbruck, a major tertiary trauma center in western Austria.	Abreviated Injury severity scale of suffered injury (1-6 points; scale - minor, moderate, serious, severe, critial, maximum)	2005-2015
Type of evacuation and mortality	Type of evacuation (terrestrial, helicopter, combined terrestrial and helicopter) and the mortality for each group (deceased/n per year)	2005-2015

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Medical University Innsbruck
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Peter Paal, Dr, Hospital of Barmherzige Brüder Salzburg

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Strohle M, Wallner B, Lanthaler M, Rauch S, Brugger H, Paal P. Lightning accidents in the Austrian alps - a 10-year retrospective nationwide analysis. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2018 Sep 10;26(1):74. doi: 10.1186/s13049-018-0543-9.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 21, 2015
• Primary Completion (Actual): August 31, 2017
• Study Completion (Actual): August 31, 2017

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 28, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 19, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): January 23, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): January 23, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 19, 2018
• Last Verified: January 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Heart Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases; Wounds and Injuries; Cold Injury; Electric Injuries; Heart Arrest; Frostbite; Lightning Injuries
• Other Study ID Numbers: AN4757 315/4.4

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No