Status:
COMPLETED
Livestreaming From Smartphones as a Supplement to Emergency Calls
Lead Sponsor:
Emergency Medical Services, Capital Region, Denmark
Collaborating Sponsors:
The Danish foundation TrygFonden
Conditions:
Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Emergencies
Eligibility:
All Genders
Brief Summary
The aim of the study is to analyse if live video as a supplement to emergency calls can improve medical dispatchers' situation awareness and enhance the assistance they provide including provision of ...
Detailed Description
Setting; The study will be conducted in Copenhagen Emergency Medical Services (EMS), which covers a population of approximately 1.84 million people and an area of 2559 km2. In case of an emergency, th...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- \- Inclusion criteria (stream live video footage) These are assessed by the medical dispatcher before stream of live video footage.
- Emergency call about an unconscious patient. (The patient is defined as unconscious, if the patient is unresponsive to verbal or pain stimulus according to the Danish Index. (Inclusion criterion in relation to the Danish Index is "unconscious patient with normal breathing. A.01.03", as well as all sub-criteria that meet the above criteria e.g. "A.06.01, Unresolved problem;" Does not respond to call or pain stimulus, but no breathing problems ").
- Emergency call about suspected cardiac arrest where CPR is provided
- Emergency call about a patient with trauma/illness where the medical dispatcher thinks it will be a benefit with live video footage
- Video-capable smartphone present
- Caller by the patient's side
- Caller expected age≥ 18 years
- More than two bystanders present
Exclusion
- If caller, patient or other bystanders do not want livestreaming to be added to the emergency call.
- No video-capable smartphone present
- Caller not by the patient's side
- Caller a child
- Less than two bystanders present
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2018
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
700 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04061187
Start Date
October 1 2018
End Date
March 1 2020
Last Update
September 14 2021
Active Locations (1)
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Copenhagen Emergency Medical Services
Copenhagen, Ballerup, Denmark, 2750