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NCT Number: NCT03760302

Analgesia in ÖAMTC Helicopter Emergency Service in Austria

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Field Physician Care Accident Acute Pain Analgesics Disease Attributes Emergencies Hypnotics Multiple Trauma Neurologic Manifestations Pain Pain, Acute Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Safety Signs and Symptoms Trauma, Multiple Wounds and Injuries

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

General and Surgical Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck

Innsbruck, 6020, Austria

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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)

Treatment and study plan

analgesics

Other

analgesics given to a patient treated from HEMS

hypnotics

Other

hypnotics given to a patient treated from HEMS

Primary outcomes

  1. Successful analgesia

    Time frame: 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)

  2. Analgesic, drug type

    Time frame: 2000-2016

    Use of analgesic (n= type of analgesic)

  3. Analgesic, frequency

    Time frame: 2000-2016

    Use of analgesic (n= frequency how often analgesic is used)

  4. Analgesic, amount of analgesics

    Time frame: 2000-2016

    Use of analgesic (n= amount of analgesic used in mg or µg)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Side effects

    Time frame: 2000-2016

    Type of side effect (respiratory arrest after use, hypoxemia, desaturation (SpO2<90%), dead)

  2. Frequency of side effects

    Time frame: 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)

  3. Severity of side effect

    Time frame: 2000-2016

    severity of side effect (0=none, 1=mild, 2=moderate, 3=severe, 4=potentially life threatening)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Medical University Innsbruck

Other

Registry information

Official study title

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

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2021
First posted
Nov 30, 2018
Registry last updated
Sep 8, 2021

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