A 13-years Nationwide Study of Alpine Accidents in Austria

Medical University Innsbruck

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Hiking; Canyoning; Alpine Accident; Alpine Water-sport; Snowshoeing; Climbing; Cycling; Skiing/Snowboarding; Sleighing

Treatments: Other: general and specific data

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03755050

AN2016-0018 358/4.8 390/5.5

Details and patient eligibility

About

Brief Summary:

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 accidents while using a sleigh, climbing accidents, cycle accidents, canyoning accidents, hiking accidents, snowshoeing accidents, water-sport accidents, ski and snowboard accidents.

Full 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.

The method to collect data and to analyze is the same than in AN4757 315/4.4 (NCT03405467).

Enrollment: 20,000 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All patients with the criteria for an alpine accident characteristics described under "Conditions".

Exclusion criteria

• All patients without accident characteristics described under "Conditions".
• All patients which suffered an accident not in alpine environment.

Trial design

20,000 participants in 8 patient groups

Sleigh Accident

Description:

Accident while using a sleigh

Treatment:

Other: general and specific data

Climbing Accident

Description:

Accident occurred while climbing (rock, ice)

Treatment:

Other: general and specific data

Cycle Accident

Description:

Accident occurred while using any form of cycle in the mountains (e.g. bike, mountainbike, e-bike)

Treatment:

Other: general and specific data

Canyoning Accident

Description:

Accident occurred while doing canyoning

Treatment:

Other: general and specific data

Hiking Accident

Description:

Accident occurred while hiking in mountainous area.

Treatment:

Other: general and specific data

Snowshoeing Accident

Description:

Accident occurred while doing Snowshoeing

Treatment:

Other: general and specific data

Mountainous Water-sport Accident

Description:

Accident occurred while doing any type of Water-sport (e.g. canoeing, kayaking, tubing, swimming) in mountainous environment.

Treatment:

Other: general and specific data

Skiing/Snowboarding

Description:

Accident occurred while using ski or a snowboard either in backcountry or on ski slope

Treatment:

Other: general and specific data