The experience of nausea in the Emergency Department. Keywords: Isopropyl alcohol IPA Nausea Emergency Department
Conditions
Interventions
This is an implementation trail aiming to study the practical aspects of the IPA as first-line therapy. In the first phase the current treatment with conventional anti-emetics will be studied. In the
Sponsors
Westfriesgasthuis Hoorn
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All patients > 18 years who react positively to the following question: “Are you nauseous or do you feel like throwing up or have to vomit?”
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - patients allergic to IPA - patients with impaired ability to inhale nasally (severely nasally congested patients, facial trauma, congenital deformations, etc) - patients that cannot be properly instructed (e.g. decreased level of consciousness) - pregnant patients - patients <18 years
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Time to treatment: the time in minutes between the detection of nausea by ED staff and the administration of the symptomatic treatment for nausea. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - Percentage of nauseous patients that are symptomatically treated - Percentage of patients receiving conventional anti-emetics - Cost of symptomatic treatment of nausea - ED staff experiences with IPA inhalation therapy with use of questionaire | — |
Contacts
Public ContactP.B. Veldhuis
Outcome results
None listed