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Simulation of a clinical scenario of status epilepticus to investigate the adherence of the physician's response to treatment guidelines

Emergency management of convulsive status epilepticus in a high-fidelity simulation: a prospective single-blinded study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN60369617
Enrollment
50
Registered
2019-03-06
Start date
2017-01-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2019-10-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Status epilepticus Nervous System Diseases

Interventions

All participating physicians will receive a standardized introduction of the technicalities of the simulator and the simulator room. Participating physicians will be asked if they would like to volunt

Sponsors

University Hospital Basel
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Volunteering medical doctors working as resident physicians in different medical fields, including intensive care medicine, emergency medicine, internal medicine, and neurology

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Physicians already having participated in the same simulated clinical scenario

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. Time to airway protection 2. Time to administration of supplementary oxygen 3. Time to administration of first- and second-line antiseizure drugs All times are measured during simulation (i.e. time from start of simulated scenario to action/treatment).

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Assessment of vital signs and neurologic status 2. Ascertainment of medical history and laboratory results 3. Performance of and time to assessment of treatment responsiveness 4. Correct aftermath reporting of clinical characteristics, management aspects, diagnosis and etiology 5. Subjective self-evaluation, including subjective stress level, quality of their performance, the performance of the nurse and certainty of diagnosis, assessed using a questionnaire Secondary outcomes 1-4 are assessed by analyses of the audio-video recordings by two independent investigators. In cases of disagreement or discrepancies, re-analysis of the recordings are performed to reach consensus.

Countries

Switzerland

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 20, 2026