Analgesia in ÖAMTC Helicopter Emergency Service in Austria

Medical University Innsbruck

Status: Completed

Conditions: Analgesics; Emergencies; Pain, Acute; Field Physician Care; Accident; Trauma, Multiple; Safety; Hypnotics

Treatments: Other: hypnotics; Other: analgesics

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03760302

AN2015-0068 347/4.13 381/5.19

Details and patient eligibility

About

A sufficient analgesia in injured or sick people is the main goal of physicians treating a patient. In emergency medicine potent analgesia like ketamine or opioids are routinely used. It is unknown if there are any severe side effects or if the use is safe while in use in a Helicopter Emergency Service equipped with emergency physicians.

Enrollment: 35,000 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Analgesia or use of hypnotics in ÖAMTC Air Ambulance Service in Austria 2000-2016

Exclusion criteria

• No analgesia, or analgesia use not in connection to ÖAMTC Air Ambulance Service. Analgesia given not in the period of examination (2000-2016)

Trial design

35,000 participants in 1 patient group

Patient given analgesics or hypnotics

Description:

All patients treated with any kind of analgesics or hypnotics are analyzed and compared.

Treatment:

Other: hypnotics

Other: analgesics