The Effect of Different Emergency Medical Systems on the Prognosis of Traumatic Brain Injury - a Prospective Study

Tampere University Hospital

Status: Suspended

Conditions: Traumatic Brain Injury

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01571375

R10037

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Aim of the Study is to Measure the Effect of Finnish Physician-staffed EMS Unit Treatment Methods on Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Patient Prognosis.

Physician-staffed HEMS unit was implemented to the EMS 2011. The aim of this study is to compare the results against a historical database to see if the implementation of a HEMS unit will improve the prognosis of TBI patients.

Full description

A Secondary Aim is to Identify Out-of-hospital Treatment Factors That Can be Influenced by Education and Protocols.

Enrollment: 400 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• TBI with CGS < 9 or unconsciousness verified by an on-call neurosurgeon during admission to the hospital.

Exclusion criteria

• Multiple trauma

Trial design

400 participants in 2 patient groups

FinnHEMS10

Description:

Patients Treated by Helsinki HEMS.

FinnHEMS30

Description:

PAtients Treated by Tampere HEMS.