Does Assessment of Ambulance Medical Service Leads to Reduced Number of Transports to the Emergency Room?

March 14, 2018 updated by: Anneli Strömsöe, Dalarna County Council, Sweden
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.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

100

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Sweden
    • Dalarna
      • Falun, Dalarna, Sweden, 79141

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

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

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Double

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Intervention
Assessment of Ambulance Medical Service
Other: Ambulant assessment
No Intervention: Control
Local treatment guidelines

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Number of visits to the Emergency Room
Time Frame: Up to 24 months
Up to 24 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Dalarna County Council, Sweden

Collaborators

County Council of Halland, Sweden

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

November 7, 2016

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

December 31, 2018

Study Completion (Anticipated)

December 31, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 12, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 14, 2018

First Posted (Actual)

March 15, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 15, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 14, 2018

Last Verified

March 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Dnr 2016/393

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