Prehospital Traumatic Brain Injury

Severe Traumatic Brain Injury - Comparison of Outcome in Paramedic Versus Physician Staffed Emergency Medical Services

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01454648

Enrollment

458

Registered

2011-10-19

Start date

2005-01-31

Completion date

2011-12-31

Last updated

2016-01-18

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

Conditions

Traumatic Brain Injury

Keywords

Traumatic Brain Injury, EMS, Out-of-Hospital

Brief summary

The aim of the study is to measure the effect of Finnish physician-staffed EMS unit treatment methods on traumatic brain injury (TBI) patient prognosis.

Detailed description

A secondary aim is to identify out-of-hospital treatment factors that can be influenced by education and protocols.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* TBI with GCS ≤ 8 or unconsciousness verified by an on-call neurosurgeon during admission to the hospital.

Exclusion criteria

* Multiple trauma

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Mortality	1 year

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Glasgow outcome score	1 year

Countries

Finland

Outcome results