Tracking of the transport monitoring system
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Investigation of efficiency and patient safety during patient transport using the Dräger monitoring system
Group 2: Investigation of efficiency and patient safety during patient transport usi
Sponsors
Klinik für AnästhesiologieUniversitätsklinikum Heidelberg
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients: - Age: 18+ - informed consent - Inpatients admitted to hospital, including patients pre-registered for surgery - Transports between the induction room, operating theatre, recovery room and intensive care unit and all transports between these units and departments for examinations (e.g. imaging) - Patients who are already in the clinic and need a re-operation Employees: - age: 18+ - informed consent - Employees (doctors, nurses) of the Clinic for Anaesthesiology, at Heidelberg University Hospital, who are involved in the care of the above-mentioned patients.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients: - Patients out of the emergency room - Patients who are unable to give information - Patients with infections that require additional protective measures: o Cholera o Diphtheria o Haemorrhagic fever o Meningoencephalomyelitis (if the aetiology is unclear or caused by enteroviruses) o Query fever (syn. also Q fever, Queensland fever, Balkan flu) o Rabies o TB, also Koch's disease (if infectious) o Typhoid o Chickenpox o Generalized zoster - Patients from whom three transports have already been observed should not be included for further observations Employees: - Refusal to participate in the study - Non-compliance with the inclusion criteria
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Clinical adverse events: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, change of vital parameters requiring rapid intervention by the transport team, bradycardia, tachycardia, desaturation, dislocation of the intubation tube, dislocation of Respiratory cannula after tracheotomy, hypertension, hypotension, hypothermia, arrhythmias, unplanned admission to ICU | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Efficiency: Transport time, rewiring, waiting time for bed, waiting time for equipment Usefulness: USE score, questions about cleaning and handling during intrahospital transport | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactFelix Schmitt
Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
Outcome results
None listed