Efficiency of Rescue Blankets vs.Conventional Blankets in Pre-Hospital Phase

Comparison of rescue blankets with conventional blankets to prevent hypothermia in patients transmitted by emergency medical service

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20190416043288N1

Enrollment

200

Registered

2019-04-24

Start date

2019-02-20

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-05-21

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Conditions

Traumatic and non-traumatic patients transferred to the hospital by emergency medical service.

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: In order to prevent hypothermia for patients, a rescue blanket is used in ambulance during the transfer from the scene to the destination hospital. Intervention 2:

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Age over 18-year-old Cold Discomfort Scale over 2

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Glagcow coma scale less than 15 Transfer time from the scene to the hospital less than 10 minutes Transmission with helicopter

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The severity of the patient discomfort from the cold. Timepoint: Before moving the ambulance from the scene and at the time of the patient's delivery to the emergency department of the destination hospital. Method of measurement: Cold Discomfort Scale.;Patient's body temprature. Timepoint: Before moving the ambulance from the scene and at the time of the patient's delivery to the emergency department of the destination hospital. Method of measurement: Tympanic temperature.	—

Measure

Time frame

The severity of the patient discomfort from the cold. Timepoint: Before moving the ambulance from the scene and at the time of the patient's delivery to the emergency department of the destination hospital. Method of measurement: Cold Discomfort Scale.;Patient's body temprature. Timepoint: Before moving the ambulance from the scene and at the time of the patient's delivery to the emergency department of the destination hospital. Method of measurement: Tympanic temperature.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Blood pressure. Timepoint: Before moving the ambulance from the scene and at the time of the patient's delivery to the emergency department of the destination hospital. Method of measurement: Millimeter mercury.;Pulse rate. Timepoint: Before moving the ambulance from the scene and at the time of the patient's delivery to the emergency department of the destination hospital. Method of measurement: Beat per minute.;Respiratory rate. Timepoint: Before moving the ambulance from the scene and at the time of the patient's delivery to the emergency department of the destination hospital. Method of measurement: number per minute.;O2 saturation. Timepoint: Before moving the ambulance from the scene and at the time of the patient's delivery to the emergency department of the destination hospital. Method of measurement: Pulse oximetery.	—

Measure

Time frame

Blood pressure. Timepoint: Before moving the ambulance from the scene and at the time of the patient's delivery to the emergency department of the destination hospital. Method of measurement: Millimeter mercury.;Pulse rate. Timepoint: Before moving the ambulance from the scene and at the time of the patient's delivery to the emergency department of the destination hospital. Method of measurement: Beat per minute.;Respiratory rate. Timepoint: Before moving the ambulance from the scene and at the time of the patient's delivery to the emergency department of the destination hospital. Method of measurement: number per minute.;O2 saturation. Timepoint: Before moving the ambulance from the scene and at the time of the patient's delivery to the emergency department of the destination hospital. Method of measurement: Pulse oximetery.

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Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactParisa Hasani

Tehran Emergency Medical Service Center

parisahasaniems@gmail.com+98 21 4923 1000

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026