Videoconferencing Between Ambulances and Physician Manned Rapid Response Vehicles, Effects on On-site Patient Treatment and Patterns of Referral

Telemedical Solutions in Medical Emergencies, Advantages and Disadvantages for Patients, Healthcare Professionals, and Healthcare System. Study 3: Videoconferencing Between Ambulances and Physician Manned Rapid Response Vehicles, Effects on On-site Patient Treatment and Pattern of Referral

Status

Withdrawn

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02093975

Enrollment

Registered

2014-03-21

Start date

2014-05-31

Completion date

2014-12-31

Last updated

2015-12-08

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Conditions

All Acutely Ill or Injured Patients Receiving Care by Ambulance Personnel

Brief summary

Physician manned rapid response vehicles are a limited resource in the prehospital handling of acute patients. In this study mobile videoconferencing between ambulances and the rapid response vehicles enables patient consultation at a distance. Video consultation between patient and the prehospital physician 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 physician manned rapid response vehicles and patients receiving treatment by ambulance personnel on the number of patients receiving final treatment on-site in the pre-hospital setting

Interventions

DEVICEiPad air with 4G/3G SIM card

iPad air with 4G/3G SIM card is used as device for videoconferencing. LifeSizeClearSea solution is used for videoconferencing. Video consultation

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* All patients receiving prehospital care by ambulance personnel * Must receive either telephone or video consultation by physician in rapid response vehicle

Exclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Number of patients receiving final treatment on-site prehospitally	Final treatment is registered for the present consultation, expected assesment averagely within 1 hour. Expected to be presented up to 36 months after assessment

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Readmission	Within 3 days of primary contact. Will be assessed up to 24 months after primary contact. Expected to be presented up to 36 months after assessment.	For all patients receiving consultation from physician manned rapid response vehicles the number of patients admitted to hospital within 3 days will assessed.
Change in site of referral	If destination for patient is changed during consultatation with physician it wille be assessed at the end of consultation, expected averagely to be within 1 hour after consultation, expected to presented up to 24 months after primary assessment	If the department to receive the patient is changed during consultation between physician in rapid response vehicle and patient
Number of treatments delivered by ambulance personnel	The number of treatments delivered by ambulance personnel during consultation with physician in rapid response vehicle. Expected to be assessed averagely within 1 hour of consultation. Expected to be presented up 36 months after primary assessment	—

Other

Measure	Time frame	Description
Patient satisfaction	Within 3 weeks after receiving consultation	Is investigated by telephone survey.
Ambulance staff evaluation of usability of equipment	1 day	Is investigated by the use of survey
Physicians evaluation of equipment	1 day	Is investigated by the use of survey

Countries

Denmark

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026