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| Name | Class |
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| Prehospital Medical Emergency Services, Aarhus, Central Denmark Region, Denmark | UNKNOWN |
| Central Denmark Region | OTHER |
| Aarhus University Hospital | OTHER |
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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.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Video consultation | Experimental | Patients in this arm receive video consultation from physician at the emergency medical dispatch center |
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| Telephone consultation | No Intervention | Patients receiving prehospital care by ambulance personnel whom receive telephone consultation/supervision by physician at the emergency medical dispatch center. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Video consultation | Device |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Number of patients receiving final treatment on-site prehospitally | Final treatment is registered for the present consultation, assessed up 36 months, presented up to 36 months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Readmission | For all patients receiving consultation from physician at the dispatch center resulting in final treatment on-site, number of patients admitted to hospital within 3 days will be assessed. | Within 3 days of primary contact, assessed up to 36 months, presented up to 36 months |
| Change in site of referral |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Ambulance staff evaluation of usability of equipment | Is investigated by the use of survey | At the time of using the equipment, asessed up to 36 months, presented up to 36 months |
| Physicians evaluation of usability of equipment |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Nikolaj Raaber, MD | Contact | 23821085 | 45 | nikoraab@rm.dk |
| Ingunn Riddervold, MSc, PhD | Contact | 78414912 | 45 | Ingunn.Riddervold@ph.rm.dk |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Prehospital Emergency Medical Services, Aarhus, Central Denmark Region | Recruiting | Aarhus N | 8200 | Denmark |
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If the department to receive the patient is changed during consultation with physician at the dispatch center. |
| If destination for patient is changed during consultataion with physician, assessed up to 36 months, presented up to 36 months |
| Number of treatments delivered by ambulance personnel | The number of treatments delivered by ambulance personnel during consultation with physician at the dispatch center, assessed up to 36 months, presented up to 36 months |
| Change of transportation mode | If the mode of transportation is changed during consultation with physician at the dispatch center. Eg. from ambulance to standard patient transportation without monitoring og the possibility of treatment, ether with patient sitting up or lying down. | If mode of transportation is changed during consultation with physician, assessed up to 36 months, presented up to 36 months |
Is evaluated by the use of survey
| At the time of using the equipment, assessed up to 36 months, presented up to 36 months |
| Responce A/S | Recruiting | Horsens | 8700 | Denmark |
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