Videoconferencing Between Ambulances and Physician at the Emergency Medical Dispatch Center, Effects on On-Site Patient Treatment and Patterns of Referral

University of Aarhus

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Acute Injury; Acute Illness

Treatments: Device: Video consultation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02095067

NRAA2

Details and patient eligibility

About

The prehospital resources are limited. The emergency medical dispatch center (EMDC) is manned by qualified health care personnel around the clock. The investigators believe that the EMDC is an unexploited resource in the prehospital treatment of patients. By the use of videoconferencing the investigators will activate this resource.

Mobile videoconferencing between ambulances and physician at the EMDC enables patient consultation at a distance. Video consultation between patient and the physician at the EMDC can take place when the patient is at home or in the ambulance.

The primary aim of this study is to examine the effect of video consultation between physicians at the EMDC and patients receiving treatment by ambulance personnel on the number of patients receiving final treatment on-site in the pre hospital setting.

Enrollment: 150 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Less ill/slightly injured patients receiving prehospital care by ambulance personnel

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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150 participants in 2 patient groups

Video consultation

Experimental group

Description:

Patients in this arm receive video consultation from physician at the emergency medical dispatch center

Treatment:

Device: Video consultation

Telephone consultation

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients receiving prehospital care by ambulance personnel whom receive telephone consultation/supervision by physician at the emergency medical dispatch center.