Application of Geographical Information System Data in the Emergency Department, Effect on Trauma Team and Medical Emergency Team Wait
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02188966 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : July 14, 2014
Last Update Posted : December 9, 2015
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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All Acutely Ill or Injured Patients | Device: Geographic Information System | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 599 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Official Title: | Telemedical Solutions in Medical Emergencies, Advantages and Disadvantages for Patients, Healthcare Professionals, and Healthcare System. Study 4: Application of Geographical Information System Data in the Emergency Department, Effect on Trauma Team and Medical Emergency Team Wait - a Before and After Study |
Study Start Date : | May 2014 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | November 2014 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | November 2014 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Geographical Information System
Availability of Geographical Information System data from ambulances destined for the Emergency Department of Regional Hospital Horsens.
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Device: Geographic Information System
GIS data is delivered by "SimaTech Enterprise System" communicating via the mobile network and TETRA (in Denmark called SINE). It is developed as a Java Enterprise application and is executed on a JBOSS application platform
Other Name: "ADO - AMK Dynamisk Overvågning" (Emergency Medical Dispatch Dynamic Surveillance) |
- Waiting time [ Time Frame: Time from activation of trauma team to arrival of patient, expected assesment within 1 minute after patients arrival, expected to be presented up to 36 months after assesment . ]Triage 1 or "red" of a patient indicates the highest urgency and/or severity of illness. If the coordinating nurse at the emergency department assess that a patient on the to the department is "red" the trauma team or medical emergency team is activated. The time is registered automatically in the internal telephone system of the hospital. The patient's time of arrival is registered manually. The time from activation to arrival can then be calculated and is defined as "Waiting time".

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 15 Years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Critically Ill or Severely injured patients transported by ambulance
- Patients must be in triage category 1/"red"
- Emergency Medical Team og Trauma Team must be activated.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02188966
Denmark | |
Emergency Departmartment Regional Hospital Horsens | |
Horsens, Central Denmark Regione, Denmark, 8700 |
Principal Investigator: | Nikolaj Raaber, MD | Central Denmark Region | |
Study Director: | Erika Christensen, MD, medical director | Central Denmark Region |
Responsible Party: | University of Aarhus |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02188966 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
NRAA4 |
First Posted: | July 14, 2014 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | December 9, 2015 |
Last Verified: | March 2014 |
Geographic Information System Emergency Care Information Systems Telemedicine Emergency Hospital Service |
Emergencies Disease Attributes Pathologic Processes |