Analgesia in ÖAMTC Helicopter Emergency Service in Austria

Analgesia in ÖAMTC Helicopter Emergency Service in Austria: A Retrospective Analysis

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03760302

Enrollment

35000

Registered

2018-11-30

Start date

2018-12-01

Completion date

2021-02-26

Last updated

2021-09-08

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

Conditions

Accident, Analgesics, Emergencies, Field Physician Care, Hypnotics, Pain, Acute, Safety, Trauma, Multiple

Brief summary

A sufficient analgesia in injured or sick people is the main goal of physicians treating a patient. In emergency medicine potent analgesia like ketamine or opioids are routinely used. It is unknown if there are any severe side effects or if the use is safe while in use in a Helicopter Emergency Service equipped with emergency physicians.

Interventions

OTHERanalgesics

analgesics given to a patient treated from HEMS

OTHERhypnotics

hypnotics given to a patient treated from HEMS

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Analgesia or use of hypnotics in ÖAMTC Air Ambulance Service in Austria 2000-2016

Exclusion criteria

* No analgesia, or analgesia use not in connection to ÖAMTC Air Ambulance Service. Analgesia given not in the period of examination (2000-2016)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Successful analgesia	2000-2016	Change in reported pain severity before and after treatment with analgesic. (Numeric Rating Scale, NRS, eleven-point scale reporting no pain=0, to maximum pain=10; 1-3 mild pain, 4-6 moderate pain, 7-10 severe pain)
Analgesic, drug type	2000-2016	Use of analgesic (n= type of analgesic)
Analgesic, frequency	2000-2016	Use of analgesic (n= frequency how often analgesic is used)
Analgesic, amount of analgesics	2000-2016	Use of analgesic (n= amount of analgesic used in mg or µg)

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Frequency of side effects	2000-2016	Frequency of side effects (frequency of side effect/n=total number of analgesic use; very common\>=1/10, common\>=1/100 and\<1/10, uncommon \>=1/1000 and \<1/100, rare \>=1/10000 and \<1/1000, very rare \<1/10000)
Severity of side effect	2000-2016	severity of side effect (0=none, 1=mild, 2=moderate, 3=severe, 4=potentially life threatening)
Side effects	2000-2016	Type of side effect (respiratory arrest after use, hypoxemia, desaturation (SpO2\<90%), dead)

Countries

Austria

Outcome results

None listed

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