Status:

COMPLETED

Airway Management Study in Physician Manned Helicopter Emergency Medical Services

Lead Sponsor:

Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation

Collaborating Sponsors:

Haukeland University Hospital

Conditions:

Trauma

Cardiac Arrest

Eligibility:

All Genders

Brief Summary

An international airway management expert group has recently developed an Utstein-style template for uniform reporting of data from prehospital advanced airway management. Implementing and validating ...

Detailed Description

Advanced airway management and ventilatory control is generally regarded as vital in the management of seriously ill or injured patients, and can be critical interventions in patients with out-of-hosp...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • All patients requiring and receiving prehospital advanced airway management on HEMS primary missions.
  • Advanced airway management is defined as the attempted insertion of an advanced airway adjunct (including endotracheal intubation, alternative airways, and surgical airway /cricothyroidectomy) or the administration of ventilatory assistance/support (including bag-mask ventilation-BMV, BIPAP/CPAP or other ventilatory support).
  • Advanced prehospital advanced airway management is further defined as any airway management beyond manual opening of the airway and use of simple airway adjuncts, such as a Guedel airway or supplemental oxygen

Exclusion

  • Patients receiving advanced airway management during so-called secondary missions (or inter-hospital transfer).

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2012

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 1 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

2333 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01502111

Start Date

January 1 2012

End Date

March 1 2013

Last Update

May 8 2013

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Department of Research and Development, Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation

Drøbak, Drøbak, Norway, 1441