One-year Outcome After Prehospital Intubation

Tampere University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: One-year Outcome After Prehospital Intubation

Treatments: Procedure: Intubation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02307123

9N088

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary aim of this study was to describe the long-term outcome of critically ill or severely injured patients not in cardiac arrest treated by an EMS physician.

Full description

The aim of helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) is to supplement ground EMS units in the care of prehospital patients. The need for advanced airway management in critical out-of-hospital patients can be considered as one indicator of the severity of the patient's condition.

A recent European initiative suggested advanced airway management to be included in the top five research priorities for physician-provided prehospital care.To our knowledge, no previous studies describe the long-term outcome of critical prehospital patients treated by an EMS physician.

The primary aim of this study was to describe the long-term outcome of critically ill or severely injured patients not in cardiac arrest treated by an EMS physician. Our secondary aims were to determine the indications and causes for EMS physician performed prehospital endotracheal intubation.

Enrollment: 483 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All non-cardiac arrest patients.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with a known need for personal assistance in activities of daily life prior to the incident leading to prehospital intubation (outcome evaluation).
• Patients intubated by EMS before HEMS arrival.
• Death on scene or during transportation.

Trial design

483 participants in 1 patient group

HEMS treated patients

Description:

Patients whose airways were secured by the HEMS physician.

Treatment:

Procedure: Intubation