First Aid by Laypersons - Effect on Mortality and Length of Stay

University of Tromso (UiT)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Trauma; First Aid; Bystander; Wounds and Injury

Treatments: Procedure: First aid

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03191279

2016/1760

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study aims to assess the effect of first aid from bystanders on survival, admission length, and need of ICU-stay for trauma victims.

Full description

All ambulance services in Norway will be invited to participate. In the participating ambulance services, the personnel of first unit to reach the scene of accident for any emergency response to trauma will register what first aid measures (if any) are indicated and have been performed by the bystanders on the scene up til the point where the ambulance arrives. Hospital data for each case will be retrieved. Those patients who did receive correct first aid will then be compared to those patients who did not receive first aid, and those where first aid was attempted but not correct for differences in share of survivors, length of hospital stay, and need for admission to ICU.

Enrollment: 1,400 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All emergency response calls to trauma (drownings and hangings included)

Exclusion criteria

• No injury to patient
• Non-traumatic condition
• Poisonings

Trial design

1,400 participants in 3 patient groups

First aid correct

Description:

Patient has received first aid according to local guidelines for all indicated first aid measures from bystanders on scene of accident when the first ambulance arrives

Treatment:

Procedure: First aid

First aid attempted

Description:

Bystanders have attempted first aid for indicated first aid measures, but measures have been incorrectly performed according to local guidelines

Treatment:

Procedure: First aid

No first aid

Description:

Indicated first aid measures have not been carried out when the first ambulance arrives on scene